Gold Card and Super Gold Card patch the rom image to remove the reset command.
This means for the present, CTRL ALT SHIFT TAB will not work. To use, for instance CALL 390,17 from the keyboard, use PAUSE 40:CALL 390,17. This ensures that there are no pending keypresses. CALL 390 from programs should be OK, unless keypresses are pending when it is invoked.
RES_128 will work with PAUSE 40:RES_128.
Of course, you have to connect the turbo switch to the connector on superHermes. The IBM PC I used as a model had a three pin connector. For some modern cases (esp without an LED display) with only a two pin connector, connect this to the two turbo pins nearest the 'IN' pin.
If you are not using the capslock led, then simply connect the Turbo led to both pins of this connector on superHermes and connect the yellow lead to the IN pin with a 1N4001 diode in series (BAR to IN). This can be done with a small piece of signal wire (like the flying lead for EXTINL) with a connector on one end. The other end can be bared and inserted in the +ve connector of the led (yellow) which is then plugged into the led connector. (If you are doubtful about making this lead, send an SAE or IRC to us for a free lead). Polarity of the IBM PC LED varies. The IBM PC I based superHermes design had letters uppermost when fitted. Some modern minitower cases I have tried recently require the lettering downwards - experiment, you will not damage the LED or superHermes. In all cases yellow should be +ve, and the +ve supply (via a 330 ohm resitor) is nearest the edge of the superHermes board.
Issue the command IPCLED 0 in SuperBasic to activate the LED. Remember the QL side of turbo needs use of command IPCDELAY with a parameter for there to be any actual effect when the turbo light is off!
The Falkenburg hard disk interface makes WIN1_ a higher priority boot than flp1_ (or even MDV1_), completely contrary to QDOS. This means for instance, that if you make a win1_boot error, or the win1_boot file loads but fails later due to a'bad medium', and ir has not yet loaded the superHermes extensions, then you will not be able to use the IBM keyboard. It is suggested that you put the following as your first lines, and do this BEFORE installing superHermes and IBM keyboard (and make the necessary changes to the BOOT).
10 TK2_EXT
20 FLP_USE 'flp'
30 IF FTEST('flp1_boot')=0:LRUN 'flp1_boot'
This will allow you to boot off floppy disk (and load the superHermes
extensions) if you get problems, unless of course 'win1_boot' fails
with bad medium. Clearly it is very desirable to use the IPCEXTCC_ROM.
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