Is a cst qdisk interface indicating its presence at start up in the upperlines of the screen ??
does anyone have the possibility to sent me a screenprint .
since my interface is NOT displaying anything , defective or ........
i verified with a rom module , and that one displays in the top line .
it is a cst qdisk ver 4 1986 with 1.19 and 1.16 firmware ( as i suspected 1.19 )
puzzled cst qdisk interface
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Re: puzzled cst qdisk interface
I think there should be a message at the top.techy wrote:Is a cst qdisk interface indicating its presence at start up in the upperlines of the screen ??
does anyone have the possibility to sent me a screenprint .
since my interface is NOT displaying anything , defective or ........
i verified with a rom module , and that one displays in the top line .
it is a cst qdisk ver 4 1986 with 1.19 and 1.16 firmware ( as i suspected 1.19 )
Tested on a BBQL with only the interface added, it says: "CST QDisc Controller v 1.13 © 1984"
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Re: puzzled cst qdisk interface
If it doesn't show - the interface may not be properly pushed into the QL edge connector, but before you check that, look to see if you have bent any pins in the edge connector!!
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Re: puzzled cst qdisk interface
Thanks for all replies ,
something is wrong for sure .
first to start with is ;
anyone got 1.19 version firmware as .bin file ??
i verified my rom and that one is gone ............
something is wrong for sure .
first to start with is ;
anyone got 1.19 version firmware as .bin file ??
i verified my rom and that one is gone ............
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tested the board with 1.16 fresh eprom , verified !!
and no welcoming line on 2 ql's
so the eprom is not communicating with the bus , so out with the multimeter to verify..................
anyone got the schematic ??
and no welcoming line on 2 ql's
so the eprom is not communicating with the bus , so out with the multimeter to verify..................
anyone got the schematic ??
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Re: puzzled cst qdisk interface
As your original EPROM is dead, Is there any chance that the 5 volt regulator may have been bypassed at some time. And then 9 volts got plugged in and blew things up?
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7805 looks okay , steady 5v output even after an hour .Martin_Head wrote:As your original EPROM is dead, Is there any chance that the 5 volt regulator may have been bypassed at some time. And then 9 volts got plugged in and blew things up?
eprom 1.16 is tested and okay ( works ok in an eprom board ) .
So my assumption is the eprom is not "attached " to the bus .
so any insight in the circuitry might be handy.
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Re: puzzled cst qdisk interface
There's a pretty nice description in the QL Technical guide on how expansion cards need to handle requests (Chapter 11.3, "Adding peripheral cards"). That involves address decoding logic and a fast switching transistor - This is the circuitry you should look into.
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tofro ,
more reading to do , thanks !!
more reading to do , thanks !!
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