> From: Josh Dersch
> There's a 20-pin header on the CPU upgrade board which connects to the
> front panel. ... the programmer's panel loses most of its functionality
> .. but the HALT/SS and BOOT switches are functional with the cable
> connected. ... With the 20-pin cable from the front panel disconnected,
> the HALT and BOOT switches are non-functional.
That's interesting. There aren't 'HALT' and 'BOOT' lines in that 20-conductor
cable; the data sent across that cable is keyboard scan codes, which the 8008
on the KY11-B quad board has code to decode. So the upgrade board must have
something to scan the KY11-B keyboard, and translate the scan codes...
> If so, the one on the CPU doesn't appear to conflict with the M7856 I
> already have in the /34.
Hmm, maybe one of the undocumented jumpers/switches (forget which this card
has) is an enable/disable for an on-board serial console?
The other possibility which just came to mind (thinking about the fact, above,
that apparently the upgrade board is prepared to replace the M7859 of the
KY11-B, instead of leaving it in situ, and interacting with it over the
backplane, the way the -11/04-34 do) is that that connector is for use with
the KY11-LA - instead of plugging the cable that comes out of the KY11-LA into
the backplane, it plugs into the replacement card instead?
It would be very interesting to know what chips that 10-pin header is
connected to!
Noel
