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SiriusHardware · 20th Oct 2020, 11:47 am

It goes a lot faster than I originally expected.

I thought the key debounce routines in the MK14 monitor would limit the maximum 'typing' speed more than they do. The main reason for doing it that way - (having the uploader 'type' the code in) - was for zero impact on genuine original machines, no reason to add extra hardware or make changes to the firmware, it also uses no 'soft' resources (like RAM) or 'hard' resources (Flags or Sense inputs) which are not already used by the monitor.

20th Oct 2020, 11:47 am	#92
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,599	Re: MK14 programming interface - MK2 It goes a lot faster than I originally expected. I thought the key debounce routines in the MK14 monitor would limit the maximum 'typing' speed more than they do. The main reason for doing it that way - (having the uploader 'type' the code in) - was for zero impact on genuine original machines, no reason to add extra hardware or make changes to the firmware, it also uses no 'soft' resources (like RAM) or 'hard' resources (Flags or Sense inputs) which are not already used by the monitor.