HP-16C emulator module for HP-41CX

[Sylvain Cote]

(03-15-2024 10:01 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  That still leaves my question. How can I download ROM Images into the RSU-1 via the PIL-Box?

Unfortunately the ZENROM does not have a function to load a ROM image from a HP-IL cassette drive.

Tools

Virtual HP-IL Devices for Windows
https://hp.giesselink.com/hpil.htm

Virtual HP-IL Devices for Windows, macOS, Linux, etc.
https://github.com/bug400/pyilper

LIF Utilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, etc.
https://github.com/bug400/lifutils

On your computer - from the command line

create a virtual cassette

Code:

lifinit -z -m cass tape1.dat 32

label the virtual cassette

Code:

liflabel tape1.dat TAPE1

convert the 16-bit ROM file into a ERAMCO format (.er) then add a LIF header

Code:

rom41er MYROME <myrom.rom >myrom.er

add the newly created LIF file to the LIF volume

Code:

lifput tape1.dat myrom.er

convert the 16-bit ROM file into a HEPAX format (.hx) then add a LIF header

Code:

rom41hx MYROMH <myrom.rom >myrom.hx

add the newly created LIF file to the LIF volume

Code:

lifput tape1.dat myrom.hx

list virtual cassette content (aka LIF volume)

Code:

lifdir tape1.dat

Code:

Volume : TAPE1  , formatted : 15/03/24 19:00:00
Tracks: 2 Surfaces: 1 Blocks/Track: 256 Total size: 512 Blocks, 131072 Bytes
MYROME      X-M41        5121/5120                      
MYROMH      SDATA        5120/5120     15/03/24 19:25:47
2 files (32 max), last block used: 46 of 512

HP-IL virtual peripherals emulator & PIL-Box

• start a device emulator
• configure the device emulator
• load virtual tape into a tape drive emulator
  

On your HP-41

Select tape drive (assuming first device on the loop)

Code:

AUTOIO
1
SELECT

Copy ROM image from tape to MLDL

Code:

When you have a module that can download ROM image, then I can give you the procedure for it.

Sylvain