Specifications

Software Interface 53
Type
This field contains the type code that identifies the message as a reply to
the STATUS command. The code for the message type is 4.
Status
This field contains status information about the generation of the
message. The module writes values into this field that indicate whether
or not the module successfully generated the message.
ROMID
This field contains the version number of the firmware in slot 0. If the
STATUS command is sent to the bootstrap and diagnostic ROM, this field
contains the version number of that ROM. If the STATUS command is
sent to the base microcode, this field contains the version number of the
microcode. The upper byte (bits 8 to 15) of the ROMID field contains the
major version number, the lower byte (bits 0 to 7) contains the minor
version number.
TLIID
This field contains the identity code and status of the TLI hardware.
The upper byte of the TLIID field (bits 8 to 15) contains the TLI status:
0 means normal, 1 means TLI not installed, 2 means TLI broken. The
lower byte (bits 0 to 7) contains the TLI identity code.
INDEX
If the STATUS command is sent to the bootstrap and diagnostic ROM,
this field is always 0. If the STATUS command is sent to the base
microcode, this field contains the last index value set by the text-to-
speech or the stored voice subsystem. If no index values have been set
since the base microcode was loaded, this field is 0.
RAMBASE
If the STATUS command is sent to the bootstrap and diagnostic ROM,
this field contains the paragraph number of the base memory available
for the host to allocate. This feature lets the host initialize its memory
allocation map without knowing the location or size of the memory the
ROM is using. If the STATUS command is sent to the base microcode,
this field is always 0.