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41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H
06-19-2018, 02:54 PM (This post was last modified: 06-21-2018 04:38 AM by Ángel Martin.)
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RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H
(06-19-2018 02:33 PM)CY-CL Wrote:  What is stored in witch section? A diagram like for the HP-41 memory pages would be very helpful to understand better the internal memory structure from a CL.

Let me throw a few basic concepts to get you going:-

You can think of flash memory as a gigantic repository where hundreds of ROMS are pre-stored from the factory. It is a non-volatile storage space, so its contents is permanent even without batteries.

There's also a RAM section on the CL board that can hold dozens of ROM modules. This section comes EMPTY and is available for use. CL_RAM contents will be lost if the batteries are removed from the calculator - but won't be affected by MEMORY LOST, since the CL RAM is not the same as the "HP-41 pages".

- You can copy ROMs from flash into CL_RAM. You can also burn flash sectors using the contents of RAM blocks.

The way FLASH and CL_RAM are utilized is as follows:

- The CL has the same number of "pages" available to the O/S as the standard HP-41, i.e. 16 in total: 8 internal and 8 in the plug-in ports.

- The CL uses a facility called "MMU" to map any of those ROMS into CL "pages". Obviously the O/S is mapped to pages 0,1,2,3, the Time module to page 5, and the HP-IL (when connected) to pages 6 and 7.

- Except the O/S mentioned above, this ROM-mapping is totally flexible and configurable by the user. It can even be modified from within a FOCAL program running if you want.

Hope this helps getting over the hump.

ÁM

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RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - cgh - 06-21-2018, 08:12 PM
RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - CY-CL - 06-18-2018, 08:42 AM
RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - CY-CL - 06-19-2018, 02:33 PM
RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - Ángel Martin - 06-19-2018 02:54 PM
RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - cgh - 06-25-2018, 05:51 PM
RE: 41CL How to install CLUTILS-4H - cgh - 06-25-2018, 06:10 PM



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