Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer,comp.robotics
From: Leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk (Leon Heller)
Subject: Re: Bootstrapping a T2 module from EPROM
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 22:29:29 +0000
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In article <787336808.4@cs.york.ac.uk>
           brf-a@minster.york.ac.uk "Ben R. Forrest (3X0" writes:

> Has any one done this?
> 
> I want to attempt to load the program into the T2's RAM
> down the link. To do this I am going to use:
> 
> An Eprom, connected to a link adaptor, and a counter
> with a latch on the EPROM, to send the info down the link.
> Sounds OK?
> I know that eventually the code will have to be a
> special bootstrapper, as the first piece of code can only
> be 256bytes, so the rest will have to be downloaded.
> 
> Any comments on the above idea? Any feedback much
> appreciated?
> 
> Cheers Ben

This should work, although when I was developing transputer systems
I used a Z8 controller with some code in an EPROM as an intelligent
UART, with a link adaptor on the Z8 bus. A transputer system could
then be booted via an RS-232 link.

Leon
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