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--- software:psion:how_to_use_boost [2007/11/22 17:04] – created acid_snoop
+++ software:psion:how_to_use_boost [2018/04/24 00:34] (current) – [Tips for using the BooSt bootloader in the netbook] admin
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 ====== Using BooSt ======
 ===== Tips for using the BooSt bootloader in the netbook =====
+To access some BooSt functions you need a docking station or a 'dongle' (which is a connector for the docking station socket with resistors between appropriate pins). Without it only a subset of commands is available.\\ \\ Boot into BooSt, either by placing nbp on a docking station with only s/w 5 ON, or by using a BooSt dongle. If you don't have one, make one yourself.\\ \\ Information about this can be seen here: [[http://www.auditeon.com/xyz/BooStDongle.pdf|BooSt Dongle (pdf)]]
-To access some BooSt functions you need a docking station or a 'dongle' (which is a connector for the docking station socket with resistors between appropriate pins). Without it only a subset of commands is available.
+\\ \\ There exist also an alternative method to enter Boost without any dongle usage, just by entering a 'magic' sequence of digits on the keyboard. I have only seen it demonstrated once, but don't know what this 'magic' number is.
-Boot into BooSt, either by placing nbp on a docking station with only s/w 5 ON, or by using a BooSt dongle. If you don't have one, hassle Costas.
 ===== The Dongle =====
-The Dongle has a 50K resistor connected between pins 1+2 and 13 (counting from the right hand side of the machine). It only works one way round (resistor to the right), but will physically fit both ways round.
+The Dongle has a resistor with a resistance between 33kΩ and 68kΩ connected between pins 12 and 13 (counting from the right hand side of the machine).
 ===== Getting Serial logging output =====

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