Re: Strange 8255 behavior

From: Clockmeister <clockmeister_at_internode.on.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 20:49:15 +0800
Message-ID: <f69fa9ce-a5ab-954a-5adb-a45f6b214beb@internode.on.net>
  I know nothing of such things, but would it be easier and cheaper to 
simulate a 6526 using an Atmel controller(s) of some kind?

On 10/06/2018 8:33 PM, Gerrit Heitsch wrote:
> On 06/10/2018 01:59 PM, Michał Pleban wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> smf wrote:
>>
>>> I assume for cost purposes they don't keep the last output value 
>>> when in
>>> read mode, so when you switch back to output mode then zeros is 
>>> probably
>>> the lesser of two evils.
>>
>> That might be the case when you switch from input to output, but when
>> you "switch" from output to output (i.e. you leave the direction of the
>> port unchanged, only modifying some other port) it's just ridiculous.
>>
>>> Trying to replace a mos chip with an intel chip is blasphemy :-)
>>
>> Guilty as charged :-) But it's for a good reason: there are only very
>> little 6525's laying around, and if we want to make the 8088 card
>> accessible to everyone, we had to change to a chip that's readily 
>> available.
>
> How about two 6522 instead? With some clever logic and mapping of the 
> address bits, you might be able to come up with a register map that 
> comes close to what the 6525 has, limiting the amount of change in the 
> code.
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>  Gerrit
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