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Testing The Peripherals
12/28/2021 at 20:54 • 0 commentsI added some more videos to the YouTube playlist describing the details of this project:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3by7evD3F51Cf9QnsAEdgSQ4cz7HQZX5
Today I am recording a walk-through of the CTC test code that is used to change the bit-rate of the SIO ports.
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Initial firmware tests
10/23/2021 at 12:57 • 0 commentsFirst software testing of the Z80 Retro board.
It appears that the SIO /RTS pins don't quite work the way I expected when in Async mode. I can't use them as a general-purpose output. I should have used /DTRA and /DTRB for general purpose outputs.
This problem only affects the /PRN_LF signal if and when there is data being rendered by the printer and the console at the same time.
I have done much printing and have not seen any issues. But I should correct the mistake... on Rev 4?
A hand-wire fix looks easy enough to do on a Rev 3 board as well.