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Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected

Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Date 2016-01-09 14:24 -0800
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Subject Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected
From David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>

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On Saturday, 9 January 2016 13:35:47 UTC-8, D Finnigan  wrote:
> David Schmenk wrote:
> > 
> > David-
> > 
> > I read the pointer first and see if it gets incremented by a read instead
> > of assuming it starts at zero. Seems to work well for me.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. How much of a concern do you think it is to be
> blindly poking at the $C0 space? In other words, do you have personal
> experience or anecdotal evidence that other peripherals may be affected?
> 
> -- 
> ]DF$
> The Marina IP stack for Apple II--
> http://marina.a2hq.com/

Well, there is always a chance it could mess something up. Reading is usually somewhat benign - you may clear a status bit or something. The best approach is to probably look for a ROM signature in the slot first, and skip it unless its slot 3. I don't know of any other phantom ROM except for the //e 80 column card that would be present in the same slot as the Uthernet. Multi-IO perhaps?

Other than that, if I poke something that doesn't work out, I try to restore the value I found when I got there. I've had better success with the Uthernet II than the Uthernet I (which I can find the first time, not afterwards).

Dave...

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Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-08 17:49 +0000
  Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-01-08 22:38 -0800
    Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-01-09 21:33 +0000
      Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-01-09 14:24 -0800
        Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-01-10 15:07 +1300
          Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 07:56 -0800
            Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-01-11 10:11 +1300
              Re: Uthernet II manual updated, probe algorithm corrected David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com> - 2016-01-11 08:59 -0800

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