Sean Fahey

Does anyone know of a Transwarp (the original 8-bit card) diagnostic program? As it is, it can be a little tedious to determine if the card is bad, or something on the MB.

Antoine Vignau

On 19 déc, 18:46, Sean Fahey <a2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a Transwarp (the original 8-bit card) diagnostic program? As it is, it can be a little tedious to determine if the card is bad, or something on the MB.

I've found nothing but what is available on the apple II documentation
project @ http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%2...E%20TransWarp/

antoine

Sean Fahey

Thanks - I found the AAL review in that archive, and it mentioned:

"Transwarp has a 4K EPROM on-board with startup and self-test firmware. Naturally, I disassembled the code to see how it all works. The self-test is initiated by typing a "0" or "9" during the first two seconds. The test checks for the type of processor installed (65C02 or 65802), measures the speed, tests bank switching, and tests RAM. If you are in a //e, you can hold down the Open-Apple key to keep it looping through the speed test."

....and that was very helpful.

D Finnigan

Sean Fahey wrote:
> Thanks - I found the AAL review in that archive, and it mentioned:
>
> "Transwarp has a 4K EPROM on-board with startup and self-test firmware.
> Naturally, I disassembled the code to see how it all works. The self-test
> is initiated by typing a "0" or "9" during the first two seconds. The test
> checks for the type of processor installed (65C02 or 65802), measures the
> speed, tests bank switching, and tests RAM. If you are in a //e, you can
> hold down the Open-Apple key to keep it looping through the speed test."
>
> ...and that was very helpful.
>

From personal experience:

if the underlying machine is unstable, the Transwarp will also be unstable.