Hello Joe, Richard,
I’m almost done with Eric Mack H8 system with the new DCF H8 board as I’m expecting additional IC’s (see attached picture).
His H8 system configuration is as follows;
Once I finalized the DCF card, How I can boot from the CF card on port 110Q and/or 114Q using the H8 front panel….
This DCF card is using the reversed connector.
Thanks for all your support.
Norberto
IO ports schematic here:
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The EPROM is a 2532 and not compatible with 2732 EPROM…. ☹ I can erase it, but need to check if my old EPROM programmer is still functional.
Norby
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Cool idea joe. it would be nice if there was information (e.g. gerbers) for ordering the adaptor board, or maybe Todd could stock them.
And since you mention the byte count and Tape I/O: as far as I know all of the Heath ROMs will display the byte count during a tape LOAD operation (or paper tape/H-10 for that matter). What’s different is that the original PAM8 would leave the front panel display in “memory” (address) display mode on power-up. The later ROMs leave it in “register display” mode (specifically the Stack Pointer, which is set to the top of RAM so essentially this lets you see how much RAM you have).
If you have one of the later ROMs all you have to do is put it in “memory” display mode (push the MEM key) before you do your LOAD operation and you will see the byte count information displayed on the LEDs.
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Joe,
Can you send me the ROM address lines true table to select the different ROM FW: PAM8, PAMGo, PAMAT and XCON8???
For example:
A11, A12
0 , 0 = XCON8
Etc..
Great that you did this.
Norberto
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Website updated!
http://koyado.com/heathkit/New-H8-Website/h8-8080a-28c256-eeprom-adapter.html
Norby
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Joe,
Rather than wasting the 28C256 adapter, I decided to order from the Atari team the following adapter. It will allow me to burn the 2532 using the 2732 EPROM programmer. My S4 Dataman programmer is working now after so many years being in storage, but it only supports the 2732/27C32 EPROMS. So, the adapter will allow me to burn the 2532 with the 2732 settings.
Hopefully, it will work fine. If not, I will burn then a 2732 to replace such IC.
Norby
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Joe,
Finally I got the Atari 2532 to 2732 adapter working on the Heath Z80 board. I had to remove a header jumper to get it to work properly. I will add the changes to the website when done.
Now, I’m ready to boot from the H8-CF card with the new changes. Can I use the H89-CF image to boot HDOS/CPM/HDOS3??
Here is a picture of the new H8-CF board.
Thanks,
Norberto
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Joe,
After selecting 0 or 1 to boot, I do not get any I/O activity on such board and it gets stuck…
Back to the drawing board…
Norberto
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Heath Z80 Adapter rework!
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Thanks Joe!
Found four issues with the board assembly:
Still cannot boot from the CF card as there still no I/O activity on the CF card. Any steps to debug further with the front panel?
Thanks,
Norberto
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There are 3 LEDs on each CF-IDE adapter. The RED one is for +5, I believe the GREEN one is the CF Enable and the YELLOW one is on whenever the CF is being accessed. The RED and GREEN LEDs should be ON when the computer is powered up. If you don't have both of those, I'd double check the IDE connector layout as compared to the previous design. I believe you reversed the pinout to change the orientation of the IDE-CF adapter.You should be able to read / write the 8255 registers from the front panel to verify their presence. Good luck!Joe
Thanks Joe!
Found four issues with the board assembly:
- Missed some solder on some IC’s pins.
- The new CF adapter will not detect power on pin 20. I had to order some cables to fix that. In the meantime, using my double adapter to continue testing.
- There was a short on +5V, which was causing the 7805 to overheat. It took a while to find.
- GAL IO decoding was not working. Fixed that.
Still cannot boot from the CF card as there still no I/O activity on the CF card. Any steps to debug further with the front panel?
Thanks,
Norberto
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Looks good, Norberto! Unfortunately, boot code is different for the H8 and H89, therefore the H89 CF won't work for the H8. I believe Rick needs to update some stuff for the H8 DCF board and it should be ready to go. He's been tied up working a couple jobs and hasn't gotten to it yet.
Here's a link to my CF images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_nudb7J9nJzk9psBuMqG2CgdJ-F2hJ9B?usp=drive_link
The first two in the list should work. They are position dependent, the HDOS image should go on the left and the CP/M image should go on the right.
BR,
Joe
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Heath Z80 Adapter rework!
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Joe,
After selecting 0 or 1 to boot, I do not get any I/O activity on such board and it gets stuck…
Back to the drawing board…
Norberto
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Joe,
Finally I got the Atari 2532 to 2732 adapter working on the Heath Z80 board. I had to remove a header jumper to get it to work properly. I will add the changes to the website when done.
Now, I’m ready to boot from the H8-CF card with the new changes. Can I use the H89-CF image to boot HDOS/CPM/HDOS3??
Here is a picture of the new H8-CF board.
Thanks,
Norberto
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Joe,
Rather than wasting the 28C256 adapter, I decided to order from the Atari team the following adapter. It will allow me to burn the 2532 using the 2732 EPROM programmer. My S4 Dataman programmer is working now after so many years being in storage, but it only supports the 2732/27C32 EPROMS. So, the adapter will allow me to burn the 2532 with the 2732 settings.
Hopefully, it will work fine. If not, I will burn then a 2732 to replace such IC.
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Norby
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Subject: Re: [sebhc] RE: Enabling Eric Mack H8 system!I responded to your other email with a boot ROM image. On the 8080 CPU board, you can change the jumpering around to accommodate a variety of ROMs / EPROMs.
Both of my 8080 CPU boards use the 28C256 adapter board we did a couple years ago. One of the nice things about that is I can have 4 different ROM images stored in the 28C256 and select the desired one using the jumpers. I can have PAM8, PAMGo, PAMAT and XCON8 along with the H17 ROM for each one. I like using the PAM8 ROM when doing tape I/O because it continuously displays the byte count / status on the front panel.
Joe
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The EPROM is a 2532 and not compatible with 2732 EPROM…. ☹ I can erase it, but need to check if my old EPROM programmer is still functional.
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Norby
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Yes, those I/O port addresses are correct. 110Q and 114Q.
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IO ports schematic here:
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Joe,
I used the S-100 design and the pinout are the same. I put a power cable and the CF adapter stills fails to power-up. The dual CF adapter powers up nicely using pin 20 as the power-pin.
I think the 2x small CF adapter that I ordered are bad.
Next step is to check the 82C55 using the H8 front panel as I still do not have any I/O activity on the dual CF card.
Norberto
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Joe,
I’m using ports 110Q and 114Q. I wonder if the H8-ROM (http://koyado.com/heathkit/New-H8-Website/download/hcf-444-70.hex.zip) is using the ports for the newer CF adapter (200Q and 210Q-217Q). Can you check?
Norberto
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Found unsoldered pins on the CF cards, but that did not fixed the power-up issue.
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Received additional CF adapters from China (eBay) from two different resources. Two of the CF adapters have pin 20 blocked an cannot install on such board. The other adapter are OK and they power-up without any issues. The ones I bought at Amazon are defective from this source: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1TXBMLB?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1
This one from Amazon, comes with pin 20 blocked and cannot use: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BQT544Z?psc=1&ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_product_details_2
This one from eBay also has pin 20 blocked: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284675797534
In eBay this one powers up fine, but need to do the boot test to confirm 100% functionality: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204974677665
Here is the board with the ones from eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/204974677665).
Norbeto
Also, as the Heath Z80 board uses 2532 EPROMS instead of the 2732, I have an adapter to use the 28C256 EEPROM to be able to keep multiple images if needed.
I will test it out once I get this H8 booting from the HCF board.
Norberto
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Received additional CF adapters from China (eBay) from two different resources. Two of the CF adapters have pin 20 blocked an cannot install on such board. The other adapter are OK and they power-up without any issues. The ones I bought at Amazon are defective from this source: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1TXBMLB?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1
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So for people interested in the dual-CF board I would encourage you to consider the “New Improved” version from Norberto’s site:
While it does require some detailed soldering work on the compact flash card connector, it’s quite do-able with a little patience and the right tools: very fine solder, a good soldering iron with a very fine tip, and probably a good magnifying glass work stand. Hey if I can do it (I’ve built two of these boards) I think most anyone on the group should be able to…
This avoids the need for the CF adapter, and the board operates faster by avoiding the 8255 I/o overhead.
There are two versions of the boot code (and device drivers/BIOS), depending on which board is being used…
I believe that Todd is only stocking the “New Improved” boards (Rev 2.1) on his site:
https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boardinventory#norberto_collado_s_heathkit_h8_h89_boards
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Received additional CF adapters from China (eBay) from two different resources. Two of the CF adapters have pin 20 blocked an cannot install on such board. The other adapter are OK and they power-up without any issues. The ones I bought at Amazon are defective from this source: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1TXBMLB?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1
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Please follow-up Glenn’s feedback an use latest design.
Norberto
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Eric,
With a lot of help, your H8 Heath Z80-PAM-36 system booted HDOS 3.0 and CP/M without any issues. I will need to take some pictures, test the floppies, and should be ready to go back home. Here are some pictures:
Thanks,
Norberto
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Thank you, Norberto, for your expertise and for chasing down the issues. Hopefully, your experience with my machine will be of service to you or the next person that does this.
Eric
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Eric,
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