Method and apparatus for loading a program into a program memory

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ABSTRACT:
A processor has a local data bus to which an external read-only memory and a mailbox for exchanging data with a host computer may be connected. The processor is re-initialized, and a series of instructions is executed to write a program to be loaded into a program memory. The series of instructions includes an initial test of a state of the mailbox to determine whether data has been written to the input register of the mailbox from the host computer during the activation of the re-initialization signal. Depending on the results of this initial test, the program to be loaded is read either from the input register of the mailbox, or from the external read-only memory through the local data bus.

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