Re: Strange 8255 behavior

From: Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:15:11 +0200
Message-ID: <20180612171511.0000629a@plea.se>
Den Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:00:08 +0200 skrev Michał Pleban
<lists@michau.name>:
> Gerrit Heitsch wrote:
> 
> > Another Idea would be to use an AM2130 (datasheet is available
> > online) or similiar chip instead if you can find them. That's a 1k
> > x 8 dualport RAM with built in arbitration. Should be perfect to
> > interface 2 systems.
> 
> That sounds like a cool chip!
> 
> But a problem here is that the 6509 interface routines are placed in
> the KERNAL. So the card should be compatible with the existing
> hardware which uses 6526. The routines could be rewritten and placed
> in RAM, but then the original MS-DOS will not work with the new card.

Would the original disk work in an unaltered condition when the 8088
card has an 8255 instead of a 6525 on the 8088 side?

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Received on 2018-06-12 18:03:02

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