BB printer board problem
Hello everyone! This is my second try at posting my first message, I
hope it comes out right this time.
I have a problem with my AT bridgeboard. I am trying to run an EVEREX
PostCard printer driver card, but the driver code won't download to the
card. Specifically the download program gets stuck in a loop that is
accessing I/O addresses 43h and 42h. These are not PostCard addresses and
removing the card from the IBM slot does not affect the result. I have
checked the port addresses and interrupt of the PostCard and they do not
conflict with the BB addresses and Janus interrupt as given in the BB
manual. I have used debug with and without the PostCard to access I/O
addresses 43h and 42h and rhe results don't depend on having the PostCard
in place. The download program OUTputs 80h to address 43h then INputs two
bytes from address 42h. The results are always ffh and ffh, which download
dosen't like, so it loops back until doomsday.
I would feel more confident in complaning to EVEREX if I had some idea
what was going on with these address, and how it should be done on a BB.
Unfortunatly my brother picked up the PostCard from a dealer who was
clearing out the stock from buying out another dealer so we cannot return
this 'bargan'. Oh well caveat emptor as they say.
Thanks in advance for any information anybody can come up with.