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SiriusHardware · 1st Dec 2021, 8:27 pm

Would your modified fast-loader code fit into the space currently occupied by the tape loader routine in the 'New OS' PROM? I'm thinking / wondering if it would be possible to replace the original routine with the fast one if the MK14 is always going to be used with a digital 'tape'.

My original thought was just to pare the current timing values down to as low as they could go without altering the main body of the code but it sounds as though you've altered the structure a bit.

1st Dec 2021, 8:27 pm	#16
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,586	Re: Yet another MK14 tape interface (ESP32). Would your modified fast-loader code fit into the space currently occupied by the tape loader routine in the 'New OS' PROM? I'm thinking / wondering if it would be possible to replace the original routine with the fast one if the MK14 is always going to be used with a digital 'tape'. My original thought was just to pare the current timing values down to as low as they could go without altering the main body of the code but it sounds as though you've altered the structure a bit.