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Re: What's wrong with this?

#143
From: Mark
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 05:35
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In article <1992Dec15.205835.643@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
>ON BOARD PARITY ERROR                                                          
>ADDR (HEX) = (xxxx:xxxx)                                                       
>SYSTEM HALTED.                                                                 
>                                                                               
>This apparently appears when the following is run:                             
>                                                                               
>mov al,74                                                                      
>out 43,al                                                                      
>mov al,ff                                                                      
>out 41,al                                                                      
>mov al,ff                                                                      
>out 41,al                                                                      
>ret                                                                            

or...

mov al,74   ;;; Timer control <- 74 =
out 43,al   ;;;  Channel 1(40) + 16 bit load (30) + Mode2 (04) + Binary (00)

mov al,ff
out 41,al
mov al,ff
out 41,al   ;;; Timer1 <- 2^16 - 1 (1/18 second)

ret

oops.  You just set the memory refresh timer to 50,000 microseconds.
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Subject: Re: What's wrong with this?
Date: 20 Dec 1992 05:35:35 GMT
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