TDS 256K card for SX Need SWITCH Library

[snrowe]

Hi I just purchased TDS 256K RAM card. Does anyone have the TDS SWITCH library? I can't find it anywhere. I tried using Super Switch, but is say's its for the GX and appears to be buggy on my HP48SX Version E.

[Allen]

This one? http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=2492

[snrowe]

(07-25-2015 03:35 AM)Allen Wrote:  This one? http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=2492

Thanks, but this a different SWITCH library. I'm looking for library ID 803 Switch supplied by TDS with there multibank ram cards for the HP48SX.

[Allen]

Try this one.. I think it is the right library.

[snrowe]

(07-25-2015 11:27 AM)Allen Wrote:  Try this one.. I think it is the right library.

Yes this is it! Thanks! I couldn't find this anywhere!

[rprosperi]

(07-25-2015 11:27 AM)Allen Wrote:  Try this one.. I think it is the right library.

This issue comes up every now and then here, and I don't think anyone has found it before. Suggest you please submit it to Eric at hpcalc.org so that more folks in the community can find it. Thanks for helping out, it appears you have something relatively rare and hard to find; glad you are willing to help the community.

[snrowe]

(07-25-2015 02:14 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 11:27 AM)Allen Wrote:  Try this one.. I think it is the right library.

This issue comes up every now and then here, and I don't think anyone has found it before. Suggest you please submit it to Eric at hpcalc.org so that more folks in the community can find it. Thanks for helping out, it appears you have something relatively rare and hard to find; glad you are willing to help the community.

Yes putting this on Hpcalc.org would be a great service to the HP48 community. Thanks again Allen you made my weekend.

[Raymond Del Tondo]

(07-25-2015 02:14 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  This issue comes up every now and then here, and I don't think anyone has found it before. Suggest you please submit it to Eric at hpcalc.org so that more folks in the community can find it. Thanks for helping out, it appears you have something relatively rare and hard to find; glad you are willing to help the community.

A possible reason why the original TDS switch lib can't be found on hpcalc could be the copyright issue;-)

[MattiMark]

This seems to be the Switch-library that also I was looking for previously.

But how is it used?

/Matti

[rprosperi]

(08-16-2015 04:42 AM)MattiMark Wrote:  This seems to be the Switch-library that also I was looking for previously.

But how is it used?

/Matti

It is now on hpcalc.org, likely(?) with some docs...

I have not used it, but it's likely that you just install the library like any other (remember to restart), and that installs the low-level s/w that gives you access to the card banks beyond the original SX limits.

[MattiMark]

Yes indeed it's on hpcalc.org, but there is no further user guide. I have installed it as indicated, however I don't get the grip of how to use it...

Anyone?

/Matti

[rprosperi]

(08-16-2015 04:56 PM)MattiMark Wrote:  Yes indeed it's on hpcalc.org, but there is no further user guide. I have installed it as indicated, however I don't get the grip of how to use it...

Anyone?

/Matti

Do you see additional Ports beyond 1 & 2? I don't have the card, but I presume (always dangerous...) that it either gives you an additional 128KB Port (probably #3) -or- that it increases the size of the existing Ports?

[matthiaspaul]

For easier reference, this is where the SWITCH.LIB can be found now:

http://www.hpcalc.org/details.php?id=7579

These are older threads regarding the same topic:

http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-3422.html
http://www.hpmuseum.org/forum/thread-2322.html

Greetings,

Matthias

[MattiMark]

Yes I have installed the Switch library in normal manner, that is download it in binary 0 STO. Power cycle. I now get Invalid Card Data message.

In the menu there are:

BS1
BS2
BANKN
SEARCH, and
BSVER(SION)

I have tried to install the card into both slots of my 48SX, but to no joy. When the TDS 256KB card is installed in port 2 I can see that there is a card in that slot.
Trying to figure out things - BANKN ought to initialize the number of banks and what port I am using. For me, I imagine, it would be 2 2 BANKN. Switch accepts this command. Then I try 1 2 BANKN => Errror: no card in port 1, which suggests that everything is good so far. Or is it?

I am getting no further...
Anyone have clues?

Thanks in advance, Matti

[rprosperi]

(08-17-2015 03:22 AM)MattiMark Wrote:  Yes I have installed the Switch library in normal manner, that is download it in binary 0 STO. Power cycle. I now get Invalid Card Data message.

In the menu there are:

BS1
BS2
BANKN
SEARCH, and
BSVER(SION)

I have tried to install the card into both slots of my 48SX, but to no joy. When the TDS 256KB card is installed in port 2 I can see that there is a card in that slot.
Trying to figure out things - BANKN ought to initialize the number of banks and what port I am using. For me, I imagine, it would be 2 2 BANKN. Switch accepts this command. Then I try 1 2 BANKN => Errror: no card in port 1, which suggests that everything is good so far. Or is it?

I am getting no further...
Anyone have clues?

Thanks in advance, Matti

After you allocate/select the port using BANKN, you probably need to initialize the port using PINIT [LS][LIBRARY][NEXT][F2].

[Allen]

(08-17-2015 03:22 AM)MattiMark Wrote:  Yes I have installed the Switch library in normal manner, that is download it in binary 0 STO. Power cycle. I now get Invalid Card Data message.

I have tried to install the card...

Which card exactly? I believe this library was written for a special 48SX bank-switching card that TDS made. They look like this:


If you have a later card like this (made for the GX), the SWITCH.LIB might not work for you.


I could be wrong about that.