[sebhc] ET/ETA-3400 ROM-Dump Help

Paul A. Pennington paulpenn at knology.net
Mon Feb 19 16:45:31 CST 2007


    Peter;

    I don't believe that is correct:  my ETA-3400 expansion box has:

    U105 = 444-25 = Tiny BASIC
    U106 = 444-24 = Terminal Monitor

    and that agrees with the information on the schematic diagram.

    --Paul



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hofmann" <peter.hofmann at teleweb.at>
To: <sebhc at sebhc.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [sebhc] ET/ETA-3400 ROM-Dump Help


> Paul,
>
> Many thanks for your answer! Concerning the ROMs:
> 444-17 ... 1KB mask programmed ROM (the very first monitor in the ET3400)
> 444-76 ... 2KB NMOS 2316 ROM >don't know if monitor/expanded
> monitor/tinybasic< ???
> 444-25 ... 2KB NMOS 2316 ROM terminal monitor
> 444-24 ... 2KB NMOS 2316 ROM tinybasic - installed in the expansion box
> ETA-3400 - U106
> 444-51 ... 2KB NMOS 2316 ROM terminal monitor FANTOM II HEATH/WINTEK -
> installed in the
>                             expansion box ETA-3400 - U105
>
> The interesting address ranges are
> 1400-2300H ... includes expanded monitor + tinybasic
> F800-FFFFH ... standard monitor
> You can check with the keys EXAMine + address the contents of the ROMs,
> which should look
>
> 1400 ... 0F CE 10 6F 86 ... (expanded monitor)
> 1C00 ... 7E 1D 00 1D E1 ... (tinybasic)
>
> In case you see these contents, it will be fine!
> If the data pattern looks at all above mentioned addresses equal, then I
> think that you will not have the expansion box.
>
> In case you have the expansion box, the procedure to generate the dump 
> will
> be:
>
> Using a PC as terminal is the easiest way. The Windows uitility
>>HYPERTERMINAL< will be quite good for a terminalemulation. With this tool
> the complete dialog and also the dump command on the et3400 can be stored 
> in
> a file.
>
> Steps on the ET-3400/ETA-3400 after starting the terminalemulation (speed
> parameter ... should be setup before)on the pc:
>
> + Switch on the equipment
> + RESET (message on hex-display CPU UP)
> + DO 1400 cr (start FANTOM II monitor -> MON>)
> + MON>P 1400,23FF cr (punch/dump FANTOM II + Tiny Basic - addressrange 
> 1400
> to
>   23FF)
> + MON>P F800,FFFF cr (punch/dump monitor - addressrange F800 to FFFF)
>
> Close file in the emulator. This generated file will be appreciated very
> much.
>
> In case you have an eprom burner, it will be quite easier to prepare the
> (HEX-)dumps. At first I will recommend to check the addresses.
>
> Many, many thanks in advance for your offered help. It is NOT urgent,
> because I am looking now for two years to find anyone on the globe, who 
> can
> help me.
>
> peter
>
>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: sebhc-bounces at sebhc.org [mailto:sebhc-bounces at sebhc.org]Im Auftrag
>> von Paul A. Pennington
>> Gesendet am: Montag, 19. Februar 2007 14:51
>> An: sebhc at sebhc.org
>> Betreff: Re: [sebhc] ET/ETA-3400 ROM-Dump Help
>>
>>     Peter;
>>
>>     I have the 444-24 and 444-25 ROM's here, and I'd be glad to provide
>> dumps if you can be patient a little longer :-)
>>
>>     My EPROM burner, and the ISA computer it is in, are in storage.  It's
>> going to be a while before I get them going.  If anyone else here has the
>> ROM dumps, step right in.
>>
>>     The 444-51 number I do not recognize.  My ET-3400 has a
>> 444-17 ROM, and
>> my ET-3400A has 444-76.  Anyone know the answer on this?
>>
>>     Paul Pennington
>>     Augusta, Georgia
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "oe3pha" <oe3pha at amrs.at>
>> To: <sebhc at sebhc.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 3:54 AM
>> Subject: [sebhc] ET/ETA-3400 ROM-Dump Help
>>
>>
>> >I am looking about two years for the ET-3400/ETA-3400 ROM
>> > (444-24/444-25/444-51
>> > - Monitor/Monitor II/Tiny Basic) but without success. Once I found
>> > someone,
>> > but he wanted for each of the ROMs $11,-- plus postage, which is in my
>> > opinion a
>> > lot of money!?
>> > I started to write down the source code of the manuals and
>> assembled it,
>> > to
>> > download it on a
>> > small homebrew developmentsystem. I had success, but some parts in the
>> > source
>> > were missing. A guy in denmark gave the missing parts. But I
>> still need a
>> > HEX-
>> > or BINARY dump of
>> > these ROMs FalconII+TinyBasic. The procedure for generating a
>> dump will be
>> > simple:
>> >
>> > Steps on the ET-3400/ETA-3400 after starting the terminalemulation and
>> > storage
>> > on the pc:
>> >
>> > + Switch on the equipment
>> > + RESET (message on hex-display CPU UP)
>> > + DO 1400 cr (start FANTOM II monitor -> MON>)
>> > + MON>P 1400,23FF cr (punch/dump FANTOM II + Tiny Basic - addressrange
>> > 1400
>> > to
>> > 23FF)
>> > + MON>P F800,FFFF cr (punch/dump monitor - addressrange F800 to FFFF)
>> >
>> > I hope that someone in the group can help and supply the dumps. Many
>> > thanks
>> > in
>> > advance
>> > peter
>> >
>> > peter.hofmann at chello.at
>> > oe3pha at amrs.at
>> >
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