[v1.2] MECB Motorola I/O + Sound Card

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Re: [v1.1] MECB Motorola I/O + Sound Card

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cream51 wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 8:48 am i tryed some changes on my cpu board, the processor is an EF68B09EP, so no oscillator on he chip
i removed the JP2, just connected on 1 side.
Good. Assuming also, that the CPU chip is correctly marked.
I did have some issues with falsely re-marked 6809 chips. i.e. 6809P that were really 6809EP, and 6809EP that were really 6809P (although this is rarer as the 6809EP are more common).
cream51 wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 8:48 am the JP1 is just connected to 1 pin
JP1 Jumper should be on! It is the ROM Write Enable, which (by default), you want the jumper on 'RO' (Read Only), which pulls-up the Write / Program pin.
cream51 wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 8:48 am sw2 is A15 and A14 is off-------- A13,1A12,A11,A10,A9,A8 is ON
This switch setting is correct for $C0xx IORQ bank. Which matches well with the 48K + 16K Memory Map (indicated on you PLD label).

However, you still have the issue of possibly using an ASSIST09 ROM assembled for the 56K + 8K Memory Map, also expecting the IORQ Bank to be at $E0xx.

The original ASSIST09 (with this 56K/8K configuration), expects RAM to extend to $DFFF (where the Stack and Workspace is located).

To resolve this you will either need to re-program the ROM with a 48K/16K/C0 varient of ASSIST09 (.bin image available from MECB Github),
OR, re-program the PLD chip for the 56K/8K Memory map (.jed file also available from MECB Github).

To program either the ROM or the PLD will require a EPROM Programmer like the TL866 series (which hopefully you have handy?).
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