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@ -179,117 +179,6 @@ disappear at the next power on (RAM is generally not persistent). Also |
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note that attempts to save files to the ROM disk (B:) will fail because |
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note that attempts to save files to the ROM disk (B:) will fail because |
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ROM is not writable. |
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ROM is not writable. |
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Upgrading |
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Upgrading to a newer release of RomWBW is essentially just a matter of |
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|
updating the ROM chip in your system. If you have spare ROM chips for |
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|
your system and a ROM programmer, it is always safest to retain your |
|
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|
|
existing, working ROM chip and program a new one with the new firmware. |
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|
If the new one fails to boot, you can easily return to the known working |
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|
ROM. |
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Prior to attempting to reprogram your actual ROM chip, you may wish to |
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“try” the upgrade. With RomWBW, you can upload a new system image |
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executable and load it from the command line. For each ROM image file |
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(.rom) in the Binary directory, you will also find a corresponding |
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application file (.com). For example, for SBC_std.rom, there is also an |
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SBC_std.com file. You can upload the .com file to your system using |
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XModem, then simply run the .com file. You will see your system go |
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|
through the normal startup process just like it was started from ROM. |
|
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|
However, your ROM has not been updated and the next time you boot your |
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system, it will revert to the system image contained in ROM. You may |
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find that you are unable to load the .com file because it is too large |
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to fit in available application RAM (TPA). Unfortunately, in this case, |
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you will not be able to use the .com file mechanism to start your |
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system. |
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If you do not have easy access to a ROM programmer, it is usually |
|
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|
|
|
possible to reprogram your system ROM using the FLASH utility from Will |
|
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|
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|
Sowerbutts. This application, called FLASH.COM, can be found on the ROM |
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|
|
drive of any running system. In this case, you would need to transfer |
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the new ROM image (.rom) over to your system using XModem (or one of the |
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|
|
|
other mechanisms described in the Transferring Files section below). The |
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ROM image is too large to fit on your RAM drive, so you will need to |
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|
transfer it to a larger storage drive. Once the ROM image is on your |
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|
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system, you can use the FLASH application to update your ROM. The |
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|
following is a typical example of transferring ROM image using XModem |
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and flashing the chip in-situ. |
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E>xm r rom.img |
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XMODEM v12.5 - 07/13/86 |
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RBC, 28-Aug-2019 [WBW], ASCI |
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Receiving: E0:ROM.IMG |
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7312k available for uploads |
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File open - ready to receive |
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To cancel: Ctrl-X, pause, Ctrl-X |
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Thanks for the upload |
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E>flash write rom.img |
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FLASH4 by Will Sowerbutts <will@sowerbutts.com> version 1.2.3 |
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Using RomWBW (v2.6+) bank switching. |
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Flash memory chip ID is 0xBFB7: 39F040 |
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Flash memory has 128 sectors of 4096 bytes, total 512KB |
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Write complete: Reprogrammed 2/128 sectors. |
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Verify (128 sectors) complete: OK! |
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Obviously, there is some risk to this approach since any issues with the |
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|
programming or ROM image could result in a non-functional system. |
|
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|
To confirm your ROM chip has been successfully updated, restart your |
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|
system and boot an operating system from ROM. Do not boot from a disk |
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|
device yet. Review the boot messages to see if any issues have occurred. |
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Once you are satisfied that the ROM is working well, you will need to |
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|
update the system images and RomWBW custom applications on your disk |
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|
drives. The system images and custom applications are matched to the |
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|
|
|
RomWBW ROM firmware in use. If you attempt to boot a disk or run |
|
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|
|
applications that have not been updated to match the current ROM |
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|
|
firmware, you are likely to have odd problems. |
|
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|
|
The simplest way to update your disk media is to just use your modern |
|
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|
|
|
computer to overwrite the entire media with the latest disk image of |
|
|
|
|
|
your choice. This process is described below in the Disk Images section. |
|
|
|
|
|
If you wish to update existing disk media in your system, you need to |
|
|
|
|
|
perform the following steps. |
|
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|
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|
If the disk is bootable, you need to update the system tracks of the |
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disk.This is done using a SYSCOPY command such as SYSCOPY C:=B:ZSYS.SYS. |
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|
For a ZSDOS boot disk, use ZSYS.SYS. For a CP/M 2.2 disk, use CPM.SYS. |
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For a CP/M 3 or ZPM3 disk, use CPMLDR.SYS. CPMLDR.SYS is not provided on |
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the ROM disk, so you would need to upload it from the distribution. |
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Finally, if you have copies of any of the RomWBW custom applications on |
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|
|
your hard disk, you need to update them with the latest copies. The |
|
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|
|
|
following applications are found on your ROM disk. Use COPY to copy them |
|
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|
|
over any older versions of the app on your disk: |
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- ASSIGN.COM |
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- SYSCOPY.COM |
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- MODE.COM |
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- FDU.COM (was FDTST.COM) |
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- FORMAT.COM |
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- XM.COM |
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- FLASH.COM |
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- FDISK80.COM |
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- TALK.COM |
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- RTC.COM |
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- TIMER.COM |
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- INTTEST.COM |
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For example: B>COPY ASSIGN.COM C: |
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Some RomWBW custom applications are too large to fit on the ROM disk. If |
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you are using any of these you will need to transfer them to your system |
|
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and then update all copies. These applications are found in the |
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Binary\Apps directory of the distribution and in all of the disk images. |
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- FAT.COM |
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- TUNE.COM |
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General Usage |
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General Usage |
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Each of the operating systems and ROM applications included with RomWBW |
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Each of the operating systems and ROM applications included with RomWBW |
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@ -495,34 +384,38 @@ the OS variants included with RomWBW. |
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The following custom applications are found on the ROM disk and are, |
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The following custom applications are found on the ROM disk and are, |
|
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therefore, globally available. |
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therefore, globally available. |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Application Description |
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Application Description |
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------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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ASSIGN Add, change, and delete drive letter assignments. Use ASSIGN |
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/? for usage instructions. |
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------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- |
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ASSIGN Add, change, and delete drive letter assignments. Use ASSIGN /? |
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for usage instructions. |
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SYSCOPY Copy system image to a device to make it bootable. Use SYSCOPY |
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with no parms for usage instructions. |
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SYSCOPY Copy system image to a device to make it bootable. Use |
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SYSCOPY with no parms for usage instructions. |
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MODE Reconfigures serial ports dynamically. |
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FDU Format and test floppy disks. Menu driven interface. |
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FDU Format and test floppy disks. Menu driven interface. |
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FORMAT Will someday be a command line tool to format floppy disks. |
|
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FORMAT Will someday be a command line tool to format floppy disks. |
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Currently does nothing! |
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Currently does nothing! |
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MODE Reconfigures serial ports dynamically. |
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XM XModem file transfer program adapted to hardware. Automatically |
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uses primary serial port on system. |
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XM XModem file transfer program adapted to hardware. |
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Automatically uses primary serial port on system. |
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FLASH Will Sowerbutts’ in-situ ROM programming utility. |
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FDISK80 John Coffman’s Z80 hard disk partitioning tool. See |
|
|
FDISK80 John Coffman’s Z80 hard disk partitioning tool. See |
|
|
documentation in Doc directory. |
|
|
documentation in Doc directory. |
|
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FAT Access MS-DOS FAT filesystems from RomWBW (based on FatFs). |
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TALK Direct console I/O to a specified character device. |
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FLASH Will Sowerbutts’ in-situ ROM programming utility. |
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RTC Manage and test the Real Time Clock hardware. |
|
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CLRDIR Initialize the directory area of a CP/M disk (Max Scane). |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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TIMER Display value of running periodic system timer. |
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INTTEST Test interrupt vector hooking. |
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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|
Some custom applications do not fit on the ROM disk. They are found on |
|
|
Some custom applications do not fit on the ROM disk. They are found on |
|
|
the disk image files or the individual files can be found in the |
|
|
the disk image files or the individual files can be found in the |
|
|
@ -533,8 +426,8 @@ Binary\Apps directory of the distribution. |
|
|
TUNE Play .PT2, .PT3, .MYM audio files. |
|
|
TUNE Play .PT2, .PT3, .MYM audio files. |
|
|
FAT Access MS-DOS FAT filesystems from RomWBW (based on FatFs). |
|
|
FAT Access MS-DOS FAT filesystems from RomWBW (based on FatFs). |
|
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|
There is additional documentation on some of these applications at the |
|
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|
|
RomWBW Applications Page. |
|
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|
|
Additional documentation on all of these applications can be found in |
|
|
|
|
|
“RomWBW Applications.pdf” in the Doc directory of the distribution. |
|
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|
|
Using Disks |
|
|
Using Disks |
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|
|
@ -1083,6 +976,122 @@ support for VGA3 as soon as it reaches production status. |
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|
Please refer to the UNA BIOS Firmware Page for more information on UNA. |
|
|
Please refer to the UNA BIOS Firmware Page for more information on UNA. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upgrading |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upgrading to a newer release of RomWBW is essentially just a matter of |
|
|
|
|
|
updating the ROM chip in your system. If you have spare ROM chips for |
|
|
|
|
|
your system and a ROM programmer, it is always safest to retain your |
|
|
|
|
|
existing, working ROM chip and program a new one with the new firmware. |
|
|
|
|
|
If the new one fails to boot, you can easily return to the known working |
|
|
|
|
|
ROM. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prior to attempting to reprogram your actual ROM chip, you may wish to |
|
|
|
|
|
“try” the upgrade. With RomWBW, you can upload a new system image |
|
|
|
|
|
executable and load it from the command line. For each ROM image file |
|
|
|
|
|
(.rom) in the Binary directory, you will also find a corresponding |
|
|
|
|
|
application file (.com). For example, for SBC_std.rom, there is also an |
|
|
|
|
|
SBC_std.com file. You can upload the .com file to your system using |
|
|
|
|
|
XModem, then simply run the .com file. You will see your system go |
|
|
|
|
|
through the normal startup process just like it was started from ROM. |
|
|
|
|
|
However, your ROM has not been updated and the next time you boot your |
|
|
|
|
|
system, it will revert to the system image contained in ROM. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are two restrictions to be aware of related to loading a system |
|
|
|
|
|
image as a .com application. First, this is only supported under |
|
|
|
|
|
Z-System and CP/M 2.2. You must boot into one of these OSes before |
|
|
|
|
|
attempting to launch the .com file. Second, you may find that you are |
|
|
|
|
|
unable to load the .com file because it is too large to fit in available |
|
|
|
|
|
application RAM (TPA). Your only recourse in this situation is to build |
|
|
|
|
|
a custom ROM with fewer features. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you do not have easy access to a ROM programmer, it is usually |
|
|
|
|
|
possible to reprogram your system ROM using the FLASH utility from Will |
|
|
|
|
|
Sowerbutts. This application, called FLASH.COM, can be found on the ROM |
|
|
|
|
|
drive of any running system. In this case, you would need to transfer |
|
|
|
|
|
the new ROM image (.rom) over to your system using XModem (or one of the |
|
|
|
|
|
other mechanisms described in the Transferring Files section). The ROM |
|
|
|
|
|
image is too large to fit on your RAM drive, so you will need to |
|
|
|
|
|
transfer it to a larger storage drive. Once the ROM image is on your |
|
|
|
|
|
system, you can use the FLASH application to update your ROM. The |
|
|
|
|
|
following is a typical example of transferring ROM image using XModem |
|
|
|
|
|
and flashing the chip in-situ. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E>xm r rom.img |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
XMODEM v12.5 - 07/13/86 |
|
|
|
|
|
RBC, 28-Aug-2019 [WBW], ASCI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receiving: E0:ROM.IMG |
|
|
|
|
|
7312k available for uploads |
|
|
|
|
|
File open - ready to receive |
|
|
|
|
|
To cancel: Ctrl-X, pause, Ctrl-X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the upload |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E>flash write rom.img |
|
|
|
|
|
FLASH4 by Will Sowerbutts <will@sowerbutts.com> version 1.2.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Using RomWBW (v2.6+) bank switching. |
|
|
|
|
|
Flash memory chip ID is 0xBFB7: 39F040 |
|
|
|
|
|
Flash memory has 128 sectors of 4096 bytes, total 512KB |
|
|
|
|
|
Write complete: Reprogrammed 2/128 sectors. |
|
|
|
|
|
Verify (128 sectors) complete: OK! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously, there is some risk to this approach since any issues with the |
|
|
|
|
|
programming or ROM image could result in a non-functional system. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To confirm your ROM chip has been successfully updated, restart your |
|
|
|
|
|
system and boot an operating system from ROM. Do not boot from a disk |
|
|
|
|
|
device yet. Review the boot messages to see if any issues have occurred. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Once you are satisfied that the ROM is working well, you will need to |
|
|
|
|
|
update the system images and RomWBW custom applications on your disk |
|
|
|
|
|
drives. The system images and custom applications are matched to the |
|
|
|
|
|
RomWBW ROM firmware in use. If you attempt to boot a disk or run |
|
|
|
|
|
applications that have not been updated to match the current ROM |
|
|
|
|
|
firmware, you are likely to have odd problems. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The simplest way to update your disk media is to just use your modern |
|
|
|
|
|
computer to overwrite the entire media with the latest disk image of |
|
|
|
|
|
your choice. This process is described below in the Disk Images section. |
|
|
|
|
|
If you wish to update existing disk media in your system, you need to |
|
|
|
|
|
perform the following steps. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the disk is bootable, you need to update the system tracks of the |
|
|
|
|
|
disk. This is done using a SYSCOPY command such as |
|
|
|
|
|
SYSCOPY C:=B:ZSYS.SYS. For a ZSDOS boot disk, use ZSYS.SYS. For a CP/M |
|
|
|
|
|
2.2 disk, use CPM.SYS. For a CP/M 3 or ZPM3 disk, use CPMLDR.SYS. |
|
|
|
|
|
CPMLDR.SYS is not provided on the ROM disk, so you will need to upload |
|
|
|
|
|
it from the distribution. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finally, if you have copies of any of the RomWBW custom applications on |
|
|
|
|
|
your hard disk, you need to update them with the latest copies. The |
|
|
|
|
|
following applications are found on your ROM disk. Use COPY to copy them |
|
|
|
|
|
over any older versions of the app on your disk: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- ASSIGN.COM |
|
|
|
|
|
- SYSCOPY.COM |
|
|
|
|
|
- MODE.COM |
|
|
|
|
|
- FDU.COM (was FDTST.COM) |
|
|
|
|
|
- FORMAT.COM |
|
|
|
|
|
- XM.COM |
|
|
|
|
|
- FLASH.COM |
|
|
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- FDISK80.COM |
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- TALK.COM |
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- RTC.COM |
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- TIMER.COM |
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- INTTEST.COM |
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Some RomWBW custom applications are too large to fit on the ROM disk. If |
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you are using any of these you will need to transfer them to your system |
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and then update all copies. These applications are found in the |
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Binary\Apps directory of the distribution and in all of the disk images. |
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- FAT.COM |
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- TUNE.COM |
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RomWBW Distribution |
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RomWBW Distribution |
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All source code and distributions are maintained on GitHub. Code |
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All source code and distributions are maintained on GitHub. Code |
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