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Page 1: ...SUPERBOARD CHALLENGER 1pTM USERS MANUAL Aug 1978 Ohio Scientific Inc...

Page 2: ...BASIC Programs Lower Case Keyboard Onwards To New Projects Introduction to Hardware Glossary of Terms 48 Line BUS 65V Machine Code PROM Warranty Troubleshooting Hints Appendices 8K BASIC in ROM Refere...

Page 3: ...ver large or bulky items may require shipment by air or around freight carriers Further due to weight restric tions the entire shipment may arrive over several days Each package of the total shipment...

Page 4: ...S remove and save the cardboard dummy diskette which protects the disk head from vibration The dummy should be re installed when the disk drive is transported Other accessories such as CRT terminals c...

Page 5: ...by a latching SHIFT LOCK key immediately to the right of the 11 key The SHIFT LOCK must be latched in the down position before the machine can be reset and BASIC can be entered A 6...

Page 6: ...Therefore follow the instructions carefully Better yet read all the instructions BEFORE you turn to the computer Once you are familiar with these procedures you can explore other areas of personal co...

Page 7: ...you can rUn a wire from the computer s cabinet to a good ground such as a cold water pipe and ONLY THEN use a two wire adapter on the computer s power cable 3 THESE ARE THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE POWER CONN...

Page 8: ...FOIL SUPERBOARD II AC DC Multimeter e _f BLACK J Test Readings with Superboard II connected and power supply on DC Min Max VOLTS 4 8 5 2 AC I Maximum 2V RIPPLE 5 volts 3A DC Power Supply FIGURE 1 SUP...

Page 9: ...volts is adequate voltage range to A range of 0 5 let 0 6 7 Next you will observe the ON LED indicator on the Superboard II and the power supply s voltage under load Briefly turn on the power supply a...

Page 10: ...ntry This requires special safety precautions which will be explained later CLOSED CIRCUIT VIDEO MONITOR CONNECTION 1 Refer to Figure 2 Attach the supplied video cable to the computer as shown With th...

Page 11: ...s needed MODIFICATION OF A TELEVISION FOR DIRECT VIDEO ENTRY 1 A standard television may be modified to act as a video monitor However this conversion requires detailed knowledge of television circuit...

Page 12: ...ltage Brightness will also be diminished but this can be restored via the TV BRIGHTNESS CONTROL Refer this adjustment to the service person at the time of conversion 4 When the power supply voltage is...

Page 13: ...r in put to antenna C lot I terminals VIDEO MONITOR To Hi Impedance video input SPLAYDEVICE CASSETTE RECORDER I CABLES L wO g SUPERBOARD II I m CHALLENGER _ IP VIDEO CABLE 1 11 CASSETTE JACKS CHALLENG...

Page 14: ...M W May be pressed after BREAK except when computer is first powered up C must be used Initializes computer DOES NOT clear system RAM Any programs in RAM are preserved M May be pressed after BREAK Ini...

Page 15: ...brackets letter by letter See Figure 3 BEFORE YOU POWER UP 1 Check that all power supply connections are correct 2 Make certain that your video monitor or television is connected to the computer prop...

Page 16: ...you get a number other than the correct one for your system do not use the computer Refer to your authorized Ohio Scientific dealer for help PROGRAM EXAMPLE The following program example demonstrates...

Page 17: ...he line Additional statements may be incorporated into a program by sequencing the new line numbers within the existing program The following additions to the example program demonstrate these editing...

Page 18: ...different cassette recorders If you plan to use a recorder other than the AC 3 correct PLAYING BACK A PROGRAM be certain your connections are The following steps show how to load the computer with a...

Page 19: ...e noisell and other problems associated with old cassettes 3 Have your program ready in the co puter 4 Rewind the cassette so that the tape leaderll is visible on the take up spool 5 Type SAVE RETURN...

Page 20: ...AY BE LABELED IlEARPHONE or SPEAKER TRANSMITS RECORDER AUDIO OUTPUT TO COMPUTER w RECORDER CABLE TELEVISION OR VIDEO MONITOR CHALLENGER ClP CASSETTE RECORDER III III III III FIGURE I CIlALLENGEIl elP...

Page 21: ...RECORDER OUTPUT CABLE MAY BE LABELED EARPHONE or SPEA Rll TRANSMITS RECORDER AUDIO OUTPUT TO COIWUTER 5 VDC POWER SUPPLY IlIC CABLE TRANSMITS COMPUTER OUTPUT TO RECORDER AUDIO INPUT CASSETTE RECORDER...

Page 22: ...years of enjoyment and benefit by utilizing commercially available applications software alone However you may wish to learn how to program yourself and may even wish to explore and expand its hardwar...

Page 23: ...has been devised which exactly correspond to machine language instructions The program which converts these mnemonics into machine language is called an Assembler By following the instructions provide...

Page 24: ...in OSI s BK BASIC you may also type 20 Z lO You may wish the value of the variable to change each time you run the program without having to rewrite the whole program every time To take advantage of t...

Page 25: ...p to a statement other than the one directly following It canalsa be used to issue any other statement allowed in BASIC For example 100 IF X lO THEN PRINT X IS GREATER THAN 10 This will cause the term...

Page 26: ...nt to insert aline Y A between lines 90 and 100 you could at this poi nt type 91 LET Y A If you want to delete line 110 simply type 110 then return If you want line 100 to read LET X 3 A simply type t...

Page 27: ...GOTO 110 gO PRINT THIS PROGRAM PRINTS SQUARE ROOTS 100 GOTO 120 110 PRINT THE LAST ROOT IS LESS THAN TWICE THE FIRST ROOT 120 ENO All of the special features of Ohio Scientific s 6502 8K BASIC are de...

Page 28: ...SIC works PROGRAM 1 Humber Cue s In his program he compu er genera es random numbers and you ry o guess wh he number is When you guess he correc number he compu er e s you how many a emp s y u ook o a...

Page 29: ...2 42 IF F 0 THEN A i Ol 43 IF F 1 THEN A r S0 PRINT H OR Tit 60 INPUT XS 70 PRINT S0 IF X A THEN GOTO 1 00 83 IF XS E THEN GOTO i50 8 W W 1 87 PRWT WRmlG 90 GOTO i20 100 C C i ao PRINT RIGHT 120 PRIN...

Page 30: ...uage or assemb1y language 59 PRINT 69 PRINT 7a PRINT DECIMAL TO BINARI aa PRINT CONIIERTER 99 PRINT 93 PRUH 9S PRINT 99 INPUT X 9 IF x a THEN GOTO 339 92 IF X 32767 THEN GOTO 339 94 PRINT 1 05 PRlt T...

Page 31: ...LL GET 25 HANDS 1 3 H I l S PRINT 17 T 1ee 19 PRII T YOU HAVE T 2e X INT 7 RHO 67 6 2 1 IF X l 2 THEN GOTO 2e 30 Y INT X RNO 23 1 3 1 IF Y X THEN GOTO 3e 32 IF Y I THEN Y 2 4e A X se GOSUS see 6e A Y...

Page 32: ...PROGRAM 8 Mu tiplication Quiz This deMonstr 5 the use o th computer as a te ching aid 18 PRINT MULTIPLICATioN QUIZ 13 N 8 15 C 8 16 I 8 28 X INT RND 56 _13 38 V INT RND 54 _13 40 Z X Y 50 PRINT 60 PR...

Page 33: ...T 44 PRINT 1 TO GET CENTIGRADE 58 c o 68 F 1 78 INPUT X Y 75 IF Y 1 GOTO 258 88 IF Y 1 GOTO 288 90 A 9 X 5 32 1 0a PRINT all AJ F 110 PRINT 120 GOTO 78 288 A 5 X 32ll 9 21 0 PRINT II AJ COO 228 PRINT...

Page 34: ...78 15a GOSUB 78 16a GOSUB 78 170 GOSUB 30 180 GOSUB 580 190 GOSUS 690 200 GOTO 20 500 X 1 510 PRINT 520 X X 1 530 IF X 8 GOTO 5 0 5413 GOTO 5 l0 550 RETURN 690 2 1 700 2 2 1 710 IF 2 3a GOTO 72a 715 G...

Page 35: ...key up only standard alphabetic characters will generate expected results Specifically depressing any alphabetic key will cause the generation of a lower case alphabetic character In this mode of ope...

Page 36: ...tion to standard upper and lower case characters Refer to the Challenger Character Graphics Reference Manual for a complete discussion of graphics and programmable keyboard operation of the computer C...

Page 37: ...this computer and the 6aoo and zao which is utilized in the Challenger III triple processor system Ohio Scientific also offers an extended monitor for debugging machine programs an interactive assembl...

Page 38: ...etypes paper tape readers paper tape punches line printers and audio cassettes Other types of interfaces include O A converters and A D converters The microprocessor communicates with its interfaces a...

Page 39: ...ized into sets of 8 bits i e bytes CPU Central Processing Unit the portion of a microprocessor which does the actual arithmetic calculations and decision making D A Oigital Analog Refers to changing...

Page 40: ...is interrupt that is go to a specific memory location and start exe cuting an interrupt service routine interrupt request An interrupt which can be masked by the pro cessor that is the processor can c...

Page 41: ...fed to the 610 expander board The 610 expander board has full buffering and signal condition circuitry to adapt it to the 051 48 line BUS The physical adaptation is via a model 620 ribbon cable and B...

Page 42: ...cation as its new contents The normal procedure for entering programs via the Monitor is to use consecutive memory loca tions While still in the Data Mode you can open the next address by typ ing the...

Page 43: ...rd must be located at OXXX which will automatically locate the keyboard input at OFXX The keyboard must be a seven bit high true ASCII keyboard with a positive or negative going strobe pulse at least...

Page 44: ...Starting at Location 0002 4F 53 49 20 36 35 56 2E 5F 0200 Loads the Main Program at 0200 A9 02 A2 00 20 00 03 A2 00 20 ED FE gO 24 02 E8 4C Og 02 0300 Loads the Subroutine at 0300 to Output an ASCII C...

Page 45: ...se or shipping damage occur The warranty is also subject to the use of proper packing material in any returns This is the only warranty expressed or implied by Ohio Scientific and the only warranty wh...

Page 46: ...r sockets If the unit light is only dimly lit remove about half of the PC boards If the light comes up to full brightness with these out put those boards back in and pull the other ones out If the sam...

Page 47: ...u purchased it directly from the factory contact the factory at 216 562 3101 This number is for customer service Your local OSI dealer representative should be able to help you by providing guidance o...

Page 48: ...ch units are often damaged in transit The preferred method of shipping is by UPS insured Please enclosed a note clearly stating th problems you have encountered with the unit when you return it for re...

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