Date   : Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:49:12 +1200 (NZST)
From   : Michael Foot <mjfoot@...>
Subject: Re: Electron serial port (cartridge?) info

Quoting Sprow <info@...>:

> Hi all,
> Other than a few hand waving references to a plus 1, and the magic
> address
> &FC60 I can't seem to find any concrete evidence that a serial port
> addon
> was ever made for the Electron.
> 
> Can anyone confirm/deny this. It seems that it was probably a
> cartridge,
> better still does anyone have a manual they could scan in?

I've got a cartridge system for the Electron made by Pace called CommStar. It 
uses a SCN2681 DUART and also contains a ROM with Terminal software and * 
commands to control things. It is accessed via OSBYTE 146 to read and 147 to 
write. The offset within page &FC is &60 to &6F.

Let me know if you want more details. The manual describes what each address 
between &FC60 and &FC6F does.

Cheers,

Mike.

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