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01 / ARCHITECTURE & ASSEMBLY

CS617

Exploring the HD61700 architecture of the Casio PB-2000C and AI-1000.

T8_BENCH_LOOP · HD61700ROM / ASM
T8_BENCH_LOOP:
        ; Timed counting core is unchanged from r012 and r011.
        ; Native BRK is not asynchronous in this card-ROM running state.
        ; No OFFCHK, MENU, or keyboard decoder in the counted core.

        CAL     T8_GETTM
        LD      $10,$8
        SBC     $10,$24
        JR      NZ,T8_WINDOW_DONE
        ADBW    $16,$SY
        LDW     $20,$16
        SBCW    $20,$22
        JR      NZ,T8_BENCH_LOOP
ASSEMBLY · EXPERIMENTS · COURSEEXPLORE
02 / LANGUAGE & RUNTIME

DL-Pascal 1.2

The language, its graphics, its runtime, and the experiments that reveal its behavior.

DrawCell · DL-PASCALPASCAL / ROM
procedure DrawCell(R,C,Color:Integer);
begin
   X := (C - 1) * SIZE ;
   Y := (R - 1) * SIZE ;
   Xp := X + 1;
   Yp := Y + 1;
   Line(X,Y  ,Xp,Y , Color);
   Line(X,Yp ,Xp,Yp, Color);
end;
LANGUAGE · GRAPHICS · COVERAGEEXPLORE
03 / THE MACHINES

Hardware &
Restoration

Modifications, memory expansions, electronics, and bringing remarkable machines back to life.

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04 / ORIGINAL WORK

Research &
Reports

Investigations, technical papers, modifications, and reproducible experiments.

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05 / THE REFERENCE DESK

References &
Archives

Historical manuals, the original catalog, and links to researchers and communities.

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THE READING ROOMA GUIDE

Beyond the entrance.

CS617 is now open, with its syllabus and available reading editions. Other collections will open progressively as their materials are prepared.

01

CS617

Read the course syllabus and its locally available chapter PDFs for the PB-2000C and AI-1000.

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02

DL-Pascal

Language reference, coverage testing, ROM investigations, and practical graphics and programming examples.

COLLECTION IN PREPARATION
03

Hardware & Restoration

Documented upgrades, repair stories, interfaces, and memory-card research.

COLLECTION IN PREPARATION
04

Research & Reports

Original technical studies, measurements, and carefully curated reports.

COLLECTION IN PREPARATION
05

References & Archives

External resources and historical documentation. Explore Piotr’s pocket-computer reference site ↗.

COLLECTION IN PREPARATION