Plotter Module - PRCL command hangs in EMU41

[jch]

(06-03-2017 07:21 AM)J-F Garnier Wrote:  

(06-02-2017 08:39 PM)jch Wrote:  NEWPLOT is running fine with PyIlper, but of course, something must be wrong.

Do you have a way to make emu41 work with pyILPER ??
For sure it will interest some people here :-)

Yes, I have. A somewhat twisted solution, but using only straightforward pieces:
1 Virtual Box VM under DOS 6.22 to host EMU41.
1 ComOCom null modem emulator to provide a couple of serial ports, one for the VM, the other for PyIlper.
1 PyIlper configured for a serial port.

I had to use a VM with Com port redirection as this is the only way to keep an MS Dos Int14 handler in our modern world, DosEmu doesn't fully handle it

Quote:The ROM must be installed in two consecutive even-odd pages.
In Emu41, you can check that the 4k ROMs are correct with the embedded debugger:
Ctrl-Z to enter the debugger,
c command, you should get '8: 17 PL-1A OK' and '9: 18 PL-2A OK',
r to return to emulation.

Got it!
I got '8: 18 PL-1A OK' and '9: 17 PL-2A OK', so I reversed the copy order of both ROMs, 'copy plotter2.bin /b + plotter1.bin /b plotter.bin' and now everythings' running as expected!

Many thanks, for your help and especially for all that stuff (EMU41, PIL-Box, ILPer) you bred!

JCH.