[Elecraft] Error in Kio2 Programmers PDF

Fri Feb 21 23:23:00 2003

Hi Jack,

Yep. Wayne can check it out next time he revisits the doc. All this is too
much excitement for me :-)

Thanks

Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Brindle" <[email protected]>
To: "Tony Wells" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Error in Kio2 Programmers PDF

> Well, take a look at the KIO2 programmers reference manual for the PC
> instruction.
> It states:
> "Extended RSP format: PCnnnx; where nnn is power (extended SET format),
> and x is 0 (PA off) or 1 (PA on)."
>
> Which explains why the K2 returns 4 digits for the response. Three for
> power and one for PA on/off.
> So the K2 could receive a command to set the power to my mythical 10GW,
> but it could only tell me that the power had been set to 99.9 watts.
>
> And a side note to Wayne: This could actually mean that _I_ am the one
> who "needs a life"...
>
> On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 04:48  PM, Tony Wells wrote:
>
> >> Jack Brindle wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, it appears that the K2 accepts both formats, and then some.
> >> It definitely accepts "PCxxx;" in extended mode, but it also appears
> >> to
> >> accept "PCxxxx;" and "PCxxxxx;" as well as "PCxxxxxx;".  In all cases
> >
> >  Folks,.
> >
> >  It wasn't the SET so much as  the GET  that alerted me. Go into
> > Extended
> >  mode and enter "PC;" You will see nnnn  emitted, not nnn.
> >
> >  If you think that's esoteric, you should see my paper on the
> > undocumented
> >  opcodes inside the Pentium III  8-)
>
> Perhaps I might tempt you to discover the multiplication commands in
> the 8085 CPU which were not disclosed by Intel so as to keep from
> cannibalizing 8086 sales!
>
>
> -Jack Brindle, WA4FIB
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