On 2018-Nov-19, at 3:29 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I've been helping the MAME guys simulate a TS-2624, which is a block mode HP > emulating terminal. > I had bought this a while ago, and never dumped the firmware. Unfortunately > there is a large > NiCd battery right in the middle of the board that leaked all over. I've > taken some pictures > which are up under falco on bitsavers. > > If anyone has one of these, you want to do battery mitigation ASAP. I'm in > the middle of replacing > every socket on the board since they were all within range of the leakage > corrosion. > > Also, I suspect the first generation of terminals all have similar hardware > with different > firmware, so if someone has any of the other models (TS-1, etc.) we could get > them simulated > pretty easily once the firmware is dumped.
I had a Falco TS-1 dating from ca. 1981 in my possession a couple of years ago and dumped the ROMS. It was based on a Z80 with 6845 CRT controller and 2651 UART. I have data from two 2732s (Z80 firmware), as well as an EA8316 (2K*8) used for character generation. That's in text format. Also have a PDF with some notes on the hardware and reverse-engineered schematic segments. I didn't have need / get as far as doing an I/O map or memory map for the Z80. Should I send these files along?
