GYPSY-2000 APPLICATION NOTE

APN07: IKON(tm) COMPATIBILITY CALLS

ABSTRACT

The Ikon(tm) host adapter hardware registers are sometimes used as the basis of driver or application software development. How are these commonly used? Compatibility is quite important for those users whose experience or applications include Ikon style operations.

GENERAL

What is the hardware register format? The following is a brief summary of the hardware registers on an Ikon model 10111 host adapter card for the ISA bus. Presumably, other host adapter cards have a very similar interface. The upper case mnemonics are those which may have some applicability in the Gypsy interface. The lower case mnemonics probably are not useful in the Gypsy interface.

Bit positions ---->     07   06   05   04   03   02   01   00
Reg 0, R/W, Latched    tenb tvry LRST dmon dstr ienb VSPP VPLT
Reg 1, W, Pulse funct. sack MCLR rint REST VCLR VTFF VEOT VLTR
Reg 1, R, IF Status    DIRY DVRY iflg word wsap tsel fplt test
Reg 2, W, Prog. Out    pot7 pot6 pot5 pot4 pot3 pot2 pot1 pot0
Reg 2, R, Diag. In     din7 din6 din5 din4 din3 din2 din1 din0
Reg 3, R, Dev Stat.    pls2 psl1 psl0 VRDY cbsy pmty ONLN cflt
Reg 4, R, IF Strap     term dsl2 dsl1 dsl0 isl3 isl2 isl1 isl0
Reg 6, R/W, Mode       .... oddc sinh levl zenb dmaz intz renb

LRST  Latched device reset
VSPP  Versatec simul. print/plot
VPLT  Versatec plot mode
MCLR  Master clear interface only
REST  Device reset only
VCLR  Versatec clear
VTFF  Versatec form feed
VEOT  Versatec EOT
VLTR  Versatec line terminate
DIRY  Device and interface ready
DVRY  Device ready
VRDY  Versatec READY asserted
ONLN  Device online or selected

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