NoV-64D and HEPAX Questions

[Sylvain Cote]

Hello Mike,

First, I would suggest that you read my Diego Díaz Clonix & NoV Modules - HHC 2020 & HPCC 2020 Presentations.
I have included lots of step-by-step examples and explained all the configuration options for all the modules.

(03-20-2024 09:34 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  1. Can the clonixconfigure61.exe program configure/program the HEPAX RAM or only the NoV-64D ROM Banks.

The program add either: 4 ROM images for the HEPAX 1D :or: 5 ROM images for the HEPAX 4H
then it activates the 64K RAM and map 1/4 of it (16K) to page 8, 9, 10 and 11.

(03-20-2024 09:34 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  2. Can the NoV-64D enable/disable individual 4K pages or is it 16K blocks only?

16K or 32K can be mapped to the 41 address space
The control address is 4100, the information can be found in Diego manuals (ClonixConfig61.pdf & NoV-64v08r_Man5.pdf) and in my presentation.

(03-20-2024 09:34 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  3. Can the HEPAX module enable/disable ROM images in it's RAM.

Please rephrase, I do not understand the question.

(03-20-2024 09:34 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  4. Since the NoV-64D module has 64K of RAM can it page the HEPAX 16K RAM blocks?

See answer 2 above.

(03-20-2024 09:34 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  One more question. I have the ZENROM and DEV IL ROMs what other ROMs would you recommend for general use, Synthetic programming and MCODE Programming. I've been considering the CCD and NOV CHAP roms.

• ZENROM is great for synthetic entries, has a ROM/QROM editor (MCED) and a RAM editor (RAMED)
• CCD ROM and its variants (CCD-OSX, etc.) is a great ROM to have
• HP-IL Development and Extended I/O ROMs are great tools for advanced HP-IL control
• HEPAX gives an equivalent and extended version of what the XFM/XM modules gives but with QROM (HEPAX RAM) memory and it also have a ROM/QROM editor (HEXEDIT)
• RAMBOX32 allow you to create your own application ROM in QROM
• Ángel's Total Rekall/Warp Code are great ROMs for advanced 41 user.
• PPC ROM is a great utility ROM that you can use in your applications.
• The are several MLDL ROMs available that will allow you to assemble/disassemble/edit/etc mcode.
  

Some reference materials ...

• Eric Rechlin : HHC 2023 USB Drive (has PPC Archive v2.43 in it)
• David Hicks : Museum Document Sets v8
• Jake Schwartz : PPC Archive v2.44
• Monte Dalrymple : ROM update archive , recent ROMs manuals and of course the 41CL
• Eric Rechlin : HP Calculator Literature