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Tandy 1000 Parallel Ports, Part II

My belikin adapter-drivers. I attached my BlueScsi to it and put a 30MB Hardfile on the SD card.
Installation process hangs on hardware detection, I think I have to config this manually.
Of course I use a usb-poer adapter for the external BlueScsi (not shown in the pictures) because
I think there is not enough, or any power on the LPT2SCSI cable/adapter.


Readme says:

Code:
See the file README95.TXT for information on Windows 95 drivers.

DOS utilizes the following files:

            ASPI.SYS    09-21-95 10:18a Version 4.00H
            INFO.EXE    09-21-95 10:18a Version 4.00H
         DISKDRV.SYS    12-23-94  9:24p Version 3.01
           CDROM.SYS    12-23-94  9:24p Version 3.01
        CDPLAYER.COM    12-23-94  9:24p Version 3.01
         SCSIFMT.COM    12-23-94  9:24p Version 3.01

ASPI.SYS Command Line Options:

   ASPI.SYS  [/P:<port# list>]                  ; Enable Port(s)
         [/A[=<port#>[:<port address>]]]    ; Set Port Address
         [/T[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]    ; Enable Target(s)

         [/B[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]    ; Force Bi-Directional
                        ;  on target(s)
         [/U[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]    ; Force Uni-Directional
                        ;  on target(s)

         [/BS[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]   ; Force Bi-Directional Safe
                        ;  on target(s)
         [/US[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]   ; Force Uni-Directional Safe
                        ;  on target(s)

         [/S[=<port#>[:<target# list>]]]    ; Force Save Mode
                        ;  on target(s)

         [/X]                               ; Pause before driver exits


              port# = Supports port numbers 0,1 & 2
            Target# = Supports target numbers 0,1,2,3,4,5 & 6
           port address = Any Standard or Non-Standard parallel
                  port Hex address.

    Standard Port Addresses = 378,278 & 3BC

    Port 0 Default Port address = 378
    Port 1 Default Port address = 278
    Port 2 Default Port address = 3BC



Notes:  The driver supports Uni-Directional, Bi-Directional and EPP parallel
    port types.

    The driver Allways scans the Ports in ascending order starting with
    Port 0, Port 1, then Port 2.
    The Host Adapter numbers are assigned to ports that are active. The
    numbers are assigned in ascending order starting with 0.

    If the [:<target# list>] is omitted, all targets on the given port
    are assumed. If the [=<port#>:<target# list>] is omitted, all targets
    on all ports are assumed.
   
    The /P option will cause the driver to scan the given Port numbers.
    The /A option can assign another Scan Address for Port 0,1 or 2.
    The /S option will maintain the port type.
   
    All Scanner type devices and Tape drive type devices will
    automatically be forced to run in Safe Mode. The Port type will be
    maintained.

SCSIFMT.COM Command Line Options:

    SCSIFMT [/H:<host adapter number>]

        <host adapter number> = 0,1 or 2
 

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Loading the ASPI-Driver locks up the machine. I gave it the address 379 but there is something wrong...
 
I opened up my TL/2 and added the pins to the jumpers that didn't have them soldered. I jumpered E1-E2 but noticed that there were also E3-E4 (which are already jumpered via a trace), E11-E10, and the single point E5. They aren't documented anywhere and there's no TL/2-specific schematics out there. Any ideas?
 
I opened up my TL/2 and added the pins to the jumpers that didn't have them soldered. I jumpered E1-E2 but noticed that there were also E3-E4 (which are already jumpered via a trace), E11-E10, and the single point E5. They aren't documented anywhere and there's no TL/2-specific schematics out there. Any ideas?

Code:
E1-E2    Closed = Select In (Status)
         Open = No Select In (Status)

E3-E4    Closed = ROM CS
         Open = No ROM CS

E5       Tandy Video II DOTCLK

E6-E7    Closed = PCjr Video Modes (VSYNC)
         Open = 1000 Video Modes

E7-E8    Closed = Hard Drive IRQ5
E8-E9    Closed = Hard Drive IRQ2

E10-E11  Closed = 128K Memory
         Open = Standard Memory
 
Sorry for the late response. Here's a photo that I'd posted in the "Tandy Dos-Gaming-Thread (1000RL/HD)" thread on the VOGONS forum.

rl_jmp.jpg
 
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