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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

318.0. "Hardware Proto help " by ELWOOD::PETERS () Wed Feb 11 1987 16:03

    
    	For those interested in hardware, Delta Research is selling
    AMIGA ProtoBoards. They sell two models one is Zorro board and the
    other connects to the 86 pin connector on the AMIGA. The 86 pin
    board is 11'x7.5" , labels the pins on the 86 pin connector, has
    power and ground busses, and costs $49.95 .
    
    	As far as I can tell these are the only prototype cards available.
    The documentation with the board notes that Fred Fish disk 27 contains
    the design for a 1M byte expansion memory and a battery backup clock.
    The clock design includes a program that sets the AMIGA date and
    time from the clock.
    
    	Now for the big question.....
    
    	I have been look at ALL the Amiga documentation and can't find
    the information on writing drivers. I have the documentation on
    the auto-configure spec, but it only contains hardware info. There
    is some information in the back of one of the ROM Kernel Manuals,
    but no information on how to find the address of your hardware after
    the AMIGA auto-configures it.
    
    
    		Steve Peters
    
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318.1found one exampleELWOOD::PETERSWed Feb 11 1987 23:509
    
    	I think I have found the information I'm looking for. Fred Fish
    disk 39 has the source for a disk driver. The driver uses RAM to
    emulate the disk, but still includes info on finding hardware
    addresses, interrupt processing, and command formats.
    
    		Steve Peters
    		Talking to myself in public :^)