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authorAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2023-05-16 20:49:56 +0200
committerAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2023-05-16 20:49:56 +0200
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updated IMC-2001 status
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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ This is an old Taiwanese Apple \]\[ / CP/M clone.
Trying to fix several issues:
+- the CRT shows some flickering and diagonal effects. Testing on an old TV
+ shows the same issue (so I suspect it's some grounding/shielding issue
+ with the new PSU).
+- floppies written read/written with Fluxengine don't really work either
+ on the real hardware or the emulator. Suspecting a encoding/decoding issue.
- the floppy drives read floppies (both) but they don't write to floppies
(when copying in CP/M or creating a file), they work when formatting
a drive on CP/M though. ~~Could be a side-effect of the PSU not working properly.~~
@@ -28,12 +33,14 @@ Trying to fix several issues:
- the paddle and the joystick connectors miss some legs for putting them into
the sockets on the motherboard
- possibly much more
-- the keyboard reset line cannot be taken to ground on the keyboard, works
- with shrtening ground and reset though just fine. Must be a bug on the
- ICs of the keyboard controller or a broken trace.
Fixed issues:
+- ~~the keyboard reset line cannot be taken to ground on the keyboard, works
+ with shrtening ground and reset though just fine. Must be a bug on the
+ ICs of the keyboard controller or a broken trace.~~ Fixed with a botch
+ to bridge the broken ribbon cable between keyboard matrix and the PCB with
+ the controller logic.
- ~~ROM 1 with BASIC is broken (and gets really hot). This explains
the booting issues.. (will be tricky to get a replacement). The
board layout doesn't fit to the original ROM sizes too..~~
@@ -75,6 +82,7 @@ Known things to work:
assume the Z80 is working just fine.
- the 80-columns card (a Videx Videoterm or rather a clone of it) works just fine.
- the highres graphic mode works just fine, I can run "Peter Anvin Chess" and play it.
+- Applesoft BASIC works fine
# Images