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| Original URL : https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:abingham:jair-8080-notes | Original URL : https://retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:abingham:jair-8080-notes |
| Snapshot date: 2021-09-25 | Snapshot date: 2023-10-03 |
| Generator : wayback-archiver | Generator : wayback-archiver |
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| High-resolution photos of my completed board: | High-resolution photos of my completed board: |
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| [[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-front.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-front.jpg?400|Front}}]]\\ | [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-front.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-front.jpg?400|Front}}]]\\ |
| [[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-back.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-back.jpg?400|Back}}]] | [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-back.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-back.jpg?400|Back}}]] |
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| My primary reference in building this card was the Rev 2.4 'SD Card Image.zip' file located at the bottom of the [[http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/8080%20CPU%20Board/8080%20CPU%20Board%20Rev1.htm|Rev 1 board page on S100Computers.com]]. A detailed PDF manual for the board is located in that .zip file. However, there are a few additional notes which other builders may find useful, I have collected them below. | My primary reference in building this card was the Rev 2.4 'SD Card Image.zip' file located at the bottom of the [[http://www.s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/8080%20CPU%20Board/8080%20CPU%20Board%20Rev1.htm|Rev 1 board page on S100Computers.com]]. A detailed PDF manual for the board is located in that .zip file. However, there are a few additional notes which other builders may find useful, I have collected them below. |
| The image below shows the 2 jumpers installed on my board: | The image below shows the 2 jumpers installed on my board: |
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| [[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-jumpers.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-jumpers.jpg?400}}]] | [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-jumpers.jpg|{{builderpages:abingham:jair8080-jumpers.jpg?400}}]] |
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| Files for Fix #2 - [[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:airsrv25.asm|airsrv25.asm]][[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:bios.hex|bios.hex]] (put BIOS.HEX on SD card instead of the BIOS.HEX in the v2.4 zip file) | Files for Fix #2 - [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:airsrv25.asm|airsrv25.asm]][[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:bios.hex|bios.hex]] (put BIOS.HEX on SD card instead of the BIOS.HEX in the v2.4 zip file) |
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| ===== SD Card Type & Preparation ===== | ===== SD Card Type & Preparation ===== |
| The SD card used with the JAIR board should be a plain 'SD' card, **not** an 'SDHC' or 'SHXC' card. SD cards with capacities < = 2GB are typically plain SD. SDHC and SDXC cards will be labeled as such on the card per the SD specification. The image below shows a suitable SD card for use with the JAIR-8080: | The SD card used with the JAIR board should be a plain 'SD' card, **not** an 'SDHC' or 'SHXC' card. SD cards with capacities < = 2GB are typically plain SD. SDHC and SDXC cards will be labeled as such on the card per the SD specification. The image below shows a suitable SD card for use with the JAIR-8080: |
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| {{https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:1gb_sd_card.jpg}} | {{https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:1gb_sd_card.jpg}} |
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| The card needs to be formatted with a single FAT16 partition. The partition 'type' in the MBR partition table must be either type 0x04 (FAT16 < 32MB) or 0x06 (FAT16 > 32MB but < 2GB). Modern Windows OSes format FAT16 partitions as type 0x0E, which is FAT16 > 2GB with INT 13h LBA addressing extension. | The card needs to be formatted with a single FAT16 partition. The partition 'type' in the MBR partition table must be either type 0x04 (FAT16 < 32MB) or 0x06 (FAT16 > 32MB but < 2GB). Modern Windows OSes format FAT16 partitions as type 0x0E, which is FAT16 > 2GB with INT 13h LBA addressing extension. |
| **To assist other builders, I have created an image file of a properly formatted 1GB SD card containing the Rev 2.5 BIOS.HEX + Rev 2.4 CPMDISKS.TXT, DISK-A.BIN, DISK-B.BIN, DISK-C.BIN, and DISK-D.BIN. This image may be written to an SD card using the cross-platform program [[https://etcher.io/|Etcher]].** (Note - Etcher will work from the .zip file directly, no need to extra the entire 1GB file!) | **To assist other builders, I have created an image file of a properly formatted 1GB SD card containing the Rev 2.5 BIOS.HEX + Rev 2.4 CPMDISKS.TXT, DISK-A.BIN, DISK-B.BIN, DISK-C.BIN, and DISK-D.BIN. This image may be written to an SD card using the cross-platform program [[https://etcher.io/|Etcher]].** (Note - Etcher will work from the .zip file directly, no need to extra the entire 1GB file!) |
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| 1GB SD Card image - [[https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-2pt5-1gb-sd.zip|jair8080-2pt5-1gb-sd.zip]] | 1GB SD Card image - [[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:abingham:jair8080-2pt5-1gb-sd.zip|jair8080-2pt5-1gb-sd.zip]] |
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| Further details on the SD card partition type can be found in [[https://groups.google.com/d/topic/s100computers/GU3Z0UIP9LY/discussion|this thread]] on the S100Computers Google Group. | Further details on the SD card partition type can be found in [[https://groups.google.com/d/topic/s100computers/GU3Z0UIP9LY/discussion|this thread]] on the S100Computers Google Group. |