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Old 7th Feb 2023, 7:56 pm   #166
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Default Re: Yet another MK14 tape interface (ESP32).

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
2) 2 x 512-byte image files which are intended to load (one at a time) directly into screen RAM at 0200h, assuming this RAM area is present and there is a VDU connected to display it (So, RealView set to display 0200-03FF for example). These are data-only and not intended to be executed.
So I've added the following as the 2nd to last line of each .hex file
Code:
:02FFFE00000001
This sets the exec address to 0x0000 and therefore returns to the monitor and halts after loading (pretty much as as TonyDuell suggested) - resulting in the attached. This is the ESP32 web server and BL14 fast loader built into the SCIOS.

Nicely demonstrates the speed of the loader
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File Type: zip INTEL HEX fast loader videos.zip (2.31 MB, 33 views)
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