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DSE Sorcerer Mk2 Technical Manual - Second Edition - ChickenMan - 22-12-2024
Thanks to kimjohn for making this manual available to be scanned. Scanned at 600dpi and converted to a searchable PDF as usual. A4 in size and 65 pages long but the included Schematics were A3 in size folded in.
This is the 2nd edition of the Technical Manual, dated Dec 1979, and while it contains much of the 1st edition material, it has been updated to better reference the model numbers of components, etc as sold by Dick Smith Electronics. Now contains Schematics also.
Manual contents are -
PART ONE--SOFTWARE
I MEMORY ADDRESSING AND ALLOCATION
II POWER-ON MONITOR
III RELOCATING THE MONITOR STACK
PART TWO--HARDWARE
I HARDWARE DESIGNATIONS
II HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS
III PERFORMANCE TESTS
IV CASSETTE INTERFACE LOGIC
V CASSETTE INPUT/OUTPUT TROUBLE-SHOOTING HINTS
VI SORCERER INTERFACE CONNECTORS, SPECIFICATIONS
VII DATA CABLES
VII THEORY OF OPERATION, LOGIC BOARD
VIII THEORY OF OPERATION, TAPE INTERFACE BOARD
IX TIMING DIAGRAMS
X SCHEMATICS
XI PARTS LISTS
This is the manual for use with the Sorcerer 2. There is a
silver label on the bottom of your Sorcerer that gives important
information about your computer. The first five digits of the
serial number give the date of manufacture. The next several
digits are specific to the individual unit and then if you have
a Sorcerer 2 there are the letters II. Next comes the voltage
designation.
For example, serial number 10299 528 II 220V indicates a
Sorcerer 2 manufactured on 29/10/69, unit number 528 of 220V
voltage.
So in the Vintage Repository in the Exidy_Sorcerer\Manuals folder we placed
dse_technical_manual_sorcerer_mk2_2nd_edition.pdf
UPDATE: - Thanks to kimjohn for pointing out the error in the example date, should be 29/10/79 rather that as printed 29/10/69