thanks for the feedback John. I feel a bit like an idiot ... 1) I did not 
jump K2 1-2 on the Prop board 2) the Propeller code I modified to display 
colors poorly is the issue as it does not trigger P12 properly... Need to 
rework this quite a bit.... I will post here the corrected code (and some 
description text as you requested John, been qute busy over the past weeks) 
 ASAP

cheers
Philippe

Le samedi 6 juin 2015 10:57:57 UTC+2, monahanz a écrit :
>
>
> Philippe, it's not clear to me what exactly the problem is. 
> "VI1 does arrive at IR1 on the 8259 but INT is not asserted"
> then:-
> "the 8259 seems to work fine as INT is generated and INTA"
>
> The INTA will only be generated by the 8259A if it gets and accepts an INT.
>
> Have you tried another INT vector.
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 10:37:01 AM UTC-7, Philippe Elie wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I finished the PC-AT V2 board and started testing it with the 8086 V1 
>> board (running monitor 10.33). All fine, RTC and timer look OK but I have 
>> trouble when testing the BIOS keyboard functions.
>>
>> I use the Propeller board so jumpered VI1 and I do see the appropriate 
>> LED on the LED bar of the PC-AT blink when I hit a key. VI1 does arrive at 
>> IR1 on the 8259 but INT is not asserted. the 8259 seems to work fine as INT 
>> is generated and INTA as well as displayed by D2 and D1 when jumping VI0 to 
>> the system tick on P54.
>>
>> I checked the way the 8259 is initialized : when entering the 8086 
>> monitor, I clear the interrupt mask with "QO21 00" and I see D2 (INT) blink 
>> to reflect VI0. then I mask VI0 (QO21 01) but still get no INT when hitting 
>> the keyboard.
>>
>> the 8259 seems properly accessed as all bit patterns written to 021H are 
>> read back correctly. I have the Z80 V2 board so VI0-7 are pulled up by the 
>> board (I did not install RR9 on the PC-AT board).
>>
>> I'm a bit puzzled to be honest... If you guys could provide some 
>> guidance, I would be grateful 
>>
>> thanks 
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>>

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