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 XINA Background.
- Pinball 2000 is controlled by a personal computer located in the head of the game. The Operating System controlling the PC is called XINA (which stands for It's Not APPLE, {Applied Pinball Programming Language Environment} where APPLE was the operating system used for WPC). XINA is unique in it's command structure (ordinary UNIX / DOS commands do not work). A total of 99 XINA commands are available to view, alter, and execute the parameters surrounding the game.
- XINA is actually an application layer on top of PC-XINU, a multithreaded operating system originally created by Douglas Comer and documented in a very well known two volume set of books. (XINU information: public.ise.canberra.edu.au/~chrisc/xinu.html) PC-XINU won over other operating systems for a few reasons. For example, making Linux into a real-time system with thread support would involve modifying the kernel, which then obligated Williams into releasing the kernel modifications to the public under the GPL. WMS Legal didn't care much for that. Comer's XINU license was much more friendly to the lawyers; namely, we could do anything we wanted to it with no obligations.
- XINU also turned out to be quite easy to turn into a real-time system, and in the end proved to be as easy as Linux or BSD to work with in an embedded application, if not easier.
+Pinball 2000 is controlled by a personal computer located in the head of the game. The Operating System controlling the PC is called XINA (which stands for It's Not APPLE, {Applied Pinball Programming Language Environment} where APPLE was the operating system used for WPC). XINA is unique in it's command structure (ordinary UNIX / DOS commands do not work). A total of 99 XINA commands are available to view, alter, and execute the parameters surrounding the game.
- It is much easier to interface to the game PC via a keyboard, rather than using the front-door panel (which only has 4 buttons). To hook up a keyboard, unlock and remove the backglass panel on the head. On the PC cage plug in a standard IBM PC/AT keyboard into the keyboard port (note that this PC has an old-fashion 5-pin DIN plug rather than the newer 6-pin mini-DIN plug). In most cases, the PC will detect the connection of the keyboard and place the machine into the SHELL mode. Also note that you can capture all printouts / command responses by connecting a PC to the serial port (9600 baud, 8, N, 1) and by having the PC run a terminal program (HyperTerminal). Typing HELP or ? will display the list of commands shown below.
- Most XINA commands are common between RFM and SW:E1 games, though the XINA level in RFM 1.5 includes communication options and code that are not available in released levels of SW:E1 (it appears that much of the XINA code used on the SW:E1 during the tournament at Pinball Expo 99 was incorporated in XINA 1.17 in RFM 1.3/1.4). In addition there are some game-specific commands in RFM (there were apparently some cool game-specific commands for SW:E1 that were removed for production code build).
+XINA is actually an application layer on top of PC-XINU, a multithreaded operating system originally created by Douglas Comer and documented in a very well known two volume set of books. (XINU information: public.ise.canberra.edu.au/~chrisc/xinu.html) PC-XINU won over other operating systems for a few reasons. For example, making Linux into a real-time system with thread support would involve modifying the kernel, which then obligated Williams into releasing the kernel modifications to the public under the GPL. WMS Legal didn't care much for that. Comer's XINU license was much more friendly to the lawyers; namely, we could do anything we wanted to it with no obligations.
- Many of the XINA commands available in RFM 1.5 are useful for advanced diagnostics or debugging of gameplay only and are of limited general use. During the development of a Pinball 2000 game, many such commands were added by the developers. Not all remain in the release level of code.
+XINU also turned out to be quite easy to turn into a real-time system, and in the end proved to be as easy as Linux or BSD to work with in an embedded application, if not easier.
- There are three commands that may be of general interest: fb, attack_mars, and scenemgr. Many others are interesting (e.g. pinevents), but these three are likely to be the most commonly used by the average RFM home owner.
+It is much easier to interface to the game PC via a keyboard, rather than using the front-door panel (which only has 4 buttons). To hook up a keyboard, unlock and remove the backglass panel on the head. On the PC cage plug in a standard IBM PC/AT keyboard into the keyboard port (note that this PC has an old-fashion 5-pin DIN plug rather than the newer 6-pin mini-DIN plug). In most cases, the PC will detect the connection of the keyboard and place the machine into the SHELL mode. Also note that you can capture all printouts / command responses by connecting a PC to the serial port (9600 baud, 8, N, 1) and by having the PC run a terminal program (HyperTerminal). Typing HELP or ? will display the list of commands shown below.
+Most XINA commands are common between RFM and SW:E1 games, though the XINA level in RFM 1.5 includes communication options and code that are not available in released levels of SW:E1 (it appears that much of the XINA code used on the SW:E1 during the tournament at Pinball Expo 99 was incorporated in XINA 1.17 in RFM 1.3/1.4). In addition there are some game-specific commands in RFM (there were apparently some cool game-specific commands for SW:E1 that were removed for production code build).
+Many of the XINA commands available in RFM 1.5 are useful for advanced diagnostics or debugging of gameplay only and are of limited general use. During the development of a Pinball 2000 game, many such commands were added by the developers. Not all remain in the release level of code.
+There are three commands that may be of general interest: fb, attack_mars, and scenemgr. Many others are interesting (e.g. pinevents), but these three are likely to be the most commonly used by the average RFM home owner.
 Warning: DO NOT issue commands or alter settings using the XINA command set unless you know what you are doing and understand the implications. Damage can occur by using these commands recklessly.
- XINA Function Key Commands.
+XINA Function Key Commands.
 <code>F1 - Help
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  Interessant ist auch, dass die RFMs -meines Wissens nach- nicht per TCP, sondern per UDP mit dem Server kommunizieren. UDP ist ein verbindungsloses Protokoll. Wenn ein Paket verworfen wird (etwa wegen zu gering eingestellter TTL), gibt es keinen weiteren Sendeversuchs dieses Pakets.
+=== PUB Prism Update Board ===
+Update via PUB-Karte:
+{{ :xina:pub_card_user_guide.odt |}}

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