Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Just got this Rom switcher today. using the toolkit to diagnose the problem with my QL.
Not sure what I am seeing here.
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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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and this one
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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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After numerous presses of the reset and scrolling through the above images, this comes up and then goes to the last screen.
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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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It looks like faulty ram, those big numbers are memory address errors.


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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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The numbers mean (from top to bottom):
  • Memory value (.L) that was written
  • Memory Value read back
  • Affected longword address
I'm, however, a bit lost why some of your pictures show read and written value as the same. The addresses seem to be QL internal memory (lower 128k), though. So, you apparently have a problem with the QL internal memory circuitry.

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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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I notice it says 64k on the minerva page.
is the ram split into 2 64k banks?


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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Hi,

The njmbers on the Minerva Ram Text screen can be input into a programme from the Minerva Utilities Disk, called "ramfail_bas". The programme will tell you which ram chip is faulty.

But only works for internal QL ram.

The support disk is available on Dilwyn's web site in the QL Roms section or direct link:

http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/qlrom/min198utils.zip


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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Er not sure how to run that file.
Is there a windows program that can interpret the numbers?


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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Oggyuk wrote:Er not sure how to run that file.
Is there a windows program that can interpret the numbers?
Well you could run the program in the free version of Q-Emulator, SMSQmulator, or QPC2.


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Re: Using Minerva Rom with toolkit

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Doh. of course. thanks will have a go.


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