Sign me up for one.. Pretty Please :D -----Original Message----- From: owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no [mailto:owner-sam-us...@nvg.ntnu.no] On Behalf Of Colin Piggot Sent: 08 January 2009 21:16 To: Adrian Subject: Re: SAM Revival issue 22 out now!
Thomas wrote: > Also, any thoughts on how hard it would be to put together a similar > ROM for the Trinity? Simon wrote: > Spare space in the ROM is fairly limited and Edwin spent a while shaving > extra bytes of his AL detection and booting code. Still, with the > Trinity being a single device on known ports, it might require less space Evening, Just sitting here thinking about about it, it could probably be done a lot simpler with the Trinity. For the Trinity, space in the ROM would only have to be found to fit in a very small routine to see if the Trinity is connected and then if it is load an extra chunk of code from the onboard 128K EEPROM into memory. It would then execute what it fetched from the EEPROM to load the full DOS into memory. Although, why not then just go the whole way and store the DOS in the 128K EEPROM to save having to fetch that from the SD card. >From what I remember back when I was changing ROM3 for the Mayhem - removing the copyright message and coloured bars would possibly be all that's required to get enough room for the tiny chunk of code to fetch stuff from the EEPROM. Colin ===== Quazar : Hardware, Software, Spares and Repairs for the SAM Coupe 1995-2009 - Celebrating 15 Years of developing for the SAM Coupe Website: http://www.samcoupe.com/ APB Computer Services Ltd. Registered Address: 3 Springfield, Trevadlock, Congdons Shop, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7PW. Registration Number: 4942193. V.A.T. No: 826 0005 70 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
