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1.1     ! root        1: .TH DROM 10.1 UCDS
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: drom, urom \- read and write proms or pals through DATA I/O promwriters
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B drom
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I option
        !             8: ] ...
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: .B urom
        !            11: [
        !            12: .I option
        !            13: ] ...
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Drom
        !            16: serves as an interface to the RS-232 interface of the DATA I/O
        !            17: model 19 or 29 promwriter.
        !            18: .I Urom
        !            19: serves as an interface to the DATA I/O
        !            20: unisite programmer.
        !            21: Options are used to specify the prom type, and whether the prom
        !            22: is to be read or written. The
        !            23: .B f,
        !            24: .B J,
        !            25: and
        !            26: .B C
        !            27: options are only supported by
        !            28: .B
        !            29: urom.
        !            30: .TP
        !            31: .B -w
        !            32: Specifies that the prom is to be written; default is read.
        !            33: .TP
        !            34: .BI -s n
        !            35: Specifies a starting address (default 0) in the prom in decimal.
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: .BI -t string
        !            38: .br
        !            39: .ns
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: .I string
        !            42: Specifies the device type of the prom, a compiled in table
        !            43: is used to get the device code.
        !            44: .TP
        !            45: .BI -c n
        !            46: Specifies the code from the DATA I/O manual.
        !            47: Some plug in Paks, e.g. UniPak and LogicPak, require a code
        !            48: in which case either
        !            49: .B -t
        !            50: or
        !            51: .B -c
        !            52: must be specified, others require no code in which case neither
        !            53: should be used.
        !            54: Failure to follow these rules results in
        !            55: .LR "error code 8081000" .
        !            56: .TP
        !            57: .BI -n
        !            58: Causes the the program to echo the code that it is sending to
        !            59: the DATAI/O, and causes the DATAI/O the echo the size and initial state
        !            60: specified by the code.
        !            61: No reading or writing is done.
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: .BI -b
        !            64: Causes a blank check to be run, the illegal bit
        !            65: test is run unless it is an electrically alterable rom.
        !            66: No blank check is done if the rom is being read.
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .BI -X
        !            69: .br
        !            70: .ns
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .BI -x
        !            73: Specifies hexadecimal data with upper case or lower case respectively.
        !            74: .TP
        !            75: .BI -C
        !            76: Specifies charactor data, for logic devices with JEDEC format.
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .BI -D
        !            79: .br
        !            80: .ns
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: .BI -d
        !            83: Specifies decimal data, octal is default.
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: .BI -fn
        !            86: Use format n. 50, the default, is for hex, octal, or decimal format files.
        !            87: 91 is for JEDEC files.
        !            88: .TP
        !            89: .BI -J
        !            90: JEDEC format (same as -f91 -C option)
        !            91: .TP
        !            92: .BI -i
        !            93: Causes the data to be (ones) complemented on input and output.
        !            94: .TP
        !            95: .BI -v
        !            96: Normally
        !            97: .I drom
        !            98: does it work silently, this is the verbose flag.
        !            99: .PP
        !           100: To read an Intel 2716 prom using the UniPak one could say
        !           101: .IP
        !           102: .B
        !           103: drom -t2716
        !           104: .PP
        !           105: or to write a National PAL16L8 using the LogicPak
        !           106: one could say
        !           107: .IP
        !           108: .B
        !           109: drom -w -t NS16L8 < filename
        !           110: .PP
        !           111: or to write it using the Pal Programming Pack
        !           112: .IP
        !           113: .B
        !           114: drom -w -i NS16L8 < filename
        !           115: .PP
        !           116: The input for logic devices on the UNISITE must be in JEDEC
        !           117: format. In this case use
        !           118: .IP
        !           119: .B
        !           120: drom -w -t NS16L8 -f 91 -C < filename
        !           121: .PP
        !           122: or
        !           123: .IP
        !           124: .B
        !           125: drom -w -t NS16L8 -J < filename
        !           126: .PP
        !           127: When a prom is read, the addressed locations are copied,
        !           128: one per line, onto the standard output.
        !           129: When a prom is written, the standard input is assumed to be
        !           130: of the same form, and is copied onto the prom.
        !           131: Various promwriter errors, such as the prom having a pattern
        !           132: that conflicts with the data (illegal bit test)
        !           133: when being written, are reflected back to the user.
        !           134: Transmissions over the RS-232 line are checksummed,
        !           135: and when writing the prom is verified.
        !           136: .PP
        !           137: The speed of the prom writer should be set to 9600,
        !           138: position 14.
        !           139: The Model 29 promwriter must be initialized by pushing its buttons,
        !           140: SELECT F1 START START.
        !           141: .SH FILES
        !           142: .F /dev/prom
        !           143: .br
        !           144: .F promwriter
        !           145: .br
        !           146: .F /usr/ucds/lib/drom.codes
        !           147: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           148: .IR xpal (1),
        !           149: .IR pal (1)

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