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Multipurpose Interface Board for Your Coleco ADAM Computer! -,----­ ; -MICRO mI INNOVATIONS 12503 King's Lake Drive, Reston, VA 22091 Voice: (703) 620-1372 Fax/BBS: (703) 264-3908 Multipurpose Interface Board 3 connect a wire to a water pipe or the metal frame of a (MIB3) grounded appliance (like a refrigerator). AC power outlets in modern homes and businesses also can be Installation and Operating Instructions a ground source (you can pick up the ground from the screw that holds the cover plate onto the receptacle). Wrap the other end of this wire around your wrist or a finger. Make sure you are using the frame of a Congratulations on the purchase of an MIB3 grounded appliance. Multipurpose Interface Board for your Coleco ADAM computer! The MIB3 adds a BOOT PROM socket, two By the way, the MIB3 chips are not particularly RS-232 ports, a parallel printer port, and a memory sensitive to static electricity, but like all normal 74LS expansion board port (for Orphanware and E & T series integrated circuits, they can be destroyed if hit memory expander boards) to your computer. with a big enough discharge. This document contains all the information you'll UNPACKING need to get your M!B3 up and running. It's as simple as plugging it in 81 ld booting the supplied software. The MIB3 comes packed in a small box. Inside the The detailed instructions contained herein will take you box, you'll find 4 or more items, counting this through the installation and checkout process. document ­ We know you're anxious to get started. But first (1) your invoice, please read all the way through the instructions so (2) the installation and operating instructions, you'll be somewhat familiar with the process before (3) the MIB3 circuit board, you actually start the installation. (4) the distribution software diskette or tape, (5) zero to three ribbon cables, depending upon how many cables you ordered with the MIB3 A WORD OF WARNING ABOUT STATIC ELECTRICITYI Please make sure that you have all of the above-listed components before going any further. If Before you get started, just a word of warning anything is missing, please give the dealer you about static electricity. The integrated circuit chips purchased the MIB3 from a call so he (or she) can ship used on the MIB3 can be destroyed by static charges. If you any missing parts. Assuming that everything is you notice that you get shocks when you touch metal accounted for, let's proceed to installation. appliances after walking around the room, then you should take precautions to prevent static discharges INSTALLATION when handling it. There are a couple of common precautions you can take if you suspect static As mentioned earlier, the MIB3 has two RS232 electricity is a problem in your installation environment. ports, a parallel printer port and a memory expander board port on it. Which cables you'll install will depend One precaution you can take is to discharge on how many interface cables you purchased with the yourself each time before you touch the MIB3. You can MIB3. The following steps will take you through the do this by performing your instal/ation near an installation process for all of the MIB3 cables. If you did appliance that you can touch to discharge the static not purchase a particular cable, please disregard the electricity just prior to handling it. Another way is to installation instructions for that cable. page 1 Let's start with the parallel printer cable. This cable top on each side of the socket when installed correctly. has a 26 pin socket connector on one end and a 36 Now place shorting jumpers on the 10 pin jumper pin Centronics connector on the other. The socket connector (labelled "JP1"), according to the type of connector plugs in to MIB3 connector J4. Use the PROM installed. The following table will help you make MIB3 layout drawing included as Figure 1 to locate its those choices: position. Please note that the socket connector is keyed, so that it plugs in to J4 in only one orientation, JP1 Jumpers and that board connector J4 is labelled "Printer". 1-2: Disables printer port Gently push the socket connector onto J4. For now, 3-4: 2764 or 27128 PROM leave the other end unconnected. If you have too 5-6: 27256 PROM many pieces of equipment co"nnected at first, you may 7-8: 2732 PROM (Use this selection for a have difficulty making the cables reach as you're Powermate BOOT PROM) installing the MIB3 into your computer. 9-10: 27128 or 27256 PROM I t'OOCM J2 I TERMItfl.. JI DC PIIR I PRINTER ~ 0000000000 0000000000 .~- ooooooqoooooo 0000000000 0000000000 0 ~ 0 0000000000000 ! & • ... ~G; nG; ~w~~; ~ ~;~:Efi~T~ ~ ~;;;'i~~;;;~ o 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 t:J 0 0 ch 16V8 IA o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o. -0 '" 0 ~ "~ ~ YI .-. D.I" 0 ;j 0 0000000000 1;T ~ PH - MI83 0 '" 0 J5 ~oooooooo:::::ooooooo ~ ~ ~ ~ CPS"" ~ ~ 00000000000000000000 us U7 .. & .. ~ UI 0 [!XJ 00 (!KJ 0 ICI CopyrIght 1992 - MIcro InnovatIons 00000000 U9 7'- SI23 Figure 1 - MIB3 Component Side Layout Now for the Serial ports. Locate the cable(s) with a Okay, we're ready to plug the MIB3 into the 20 pin socket connector on one end and a DB-25 male computer! Pick up the MIB3 with its dangling cables connector on the other. Now locate the Serial and take it to the computer. Note that the board is connectors J1 and J2 on the circuit board. Connector keyed so as to ONLY fit into the center slot and ONLY J1 is for an 80 column CRT Terminal and J2 is for an with the components facing towards the right. external modem. Align the 20 pin socket connector (However, it is possible to insert the board backwards with the pins on J 1 or J2 and push it onto the header. if you have the upper case removed or have cut out Note that the cables are keyed and only go onto the you plastic keying barriers.) Note that when the board header in one orientation. As before, leave the other is installed properly, the cables must be wrapped back ends of both cables unconnected for now. over the top of the board in order to have them exit the computer on the left side. If you purchased a BOOT PROM with your MIB3, it should already be installed. However, if you purchased If you already have a board in the center slot, it will it later to upgrade your MIB3, you'" have to install it have to be removed . If you do have a board in the now. The PROM goes into the socket with its notch center slot, it is most likely a parallel printer interface or facing the top of the board and its other end flush with memory addressor board. The parallel printer port on the bottom end of the socket. A Powermate BOOT the MIB3 will replace all of the functions of the board PROM should have two empty socket positions at the you have to remove, so don't worry that you'll lose page 2 - '--------_.....".,.,. ,,--~ -- your printer port or memory expansion board BOOTING UP addressing capability. You can take the removed board to your next user's group meeting and sell it to Insert the distribution diskette or tape into the someone who doesn't have an MIB3! appropriate disk or tape drive. Pull the computer reset switch. TO OS 4.5 will boot up and sign on. You can If you have a memory expander board installed in see what programs are we provide on the distribution slot #3 (the right slot), you'll have one or two wires disk or tape by typing "OIR" and hitting the return key. running from it to the board you're removing. The MIB3 The exact collection of files on the distribution media provides the same signal (and its return wire - a may vary but should include at least the following: ground connection) to your memory expander board, so detach the wire(s) at the printer board end. 40MIB???COM 40 column TOOS Install program 80MIB???COM 80 column TOOS Install program Locate connector J5 on the MIB3 (see figure 1 to CLONE??COM The utility program used to copy locate it). It consists of two pins - pin 1 is for the bank an IMG file from a TOOS media to switch signal to the memory board and pin 2 is for a an EOS media ground line. If you experience erratic operation of your ORIVES?? COM Utility to identify all disk and tape memory board, you'll have to use both pins and drives attached to your Adam twisted wire between the boards. Twisted wire will IOBYfE?? COM Utility to set the TOOS lOBYTE reduce the amount noise that the signal wire will pick BASPATCH.IMG Utility to patch the MIB3 parallel up. If you're using a single wire from the memory port driver into EOS and boot expander board, connect it to J5 pin 1. The most SmartBasic common color codes for the wires are for the signal PARPATCH.BAS Utility to patch the MIB3 parallel wire to be red or white and the ground wire black. port driver into EOS IMP-MIB3.COM The IMP communication program Connect the memory board wire (if needed) to the patched for the MIB3 MIB3 and insert it into the center expansion slot. Fold MEX-MIB3.COM The MEX communication program the cables back over the board and adjust them so patched for the MIB3 they exit the computer on the left side.
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