Re: VC1541 with fast serial?

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:26:37 +0200
Message-Id: <9C5A8FF6-208E-4550-9E65-E1BCB6D5FFFC_at_wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2019-08-27, at 00:16, André Fachat <afachat_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Am 27. August 2019 00:05:07 schrieb silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl:
> 
>>> On 2019-08-26, at 23:24, Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It might be easier to do what Commodore has done in the 1570/71 and
>>>> use an additional 6526 just for the shift register. Then borrow the
>>>> code from the 1571.
>>> 
>>> That would most likely be the solution that requires the least amount
>>> of work to get it up and running.
>>> 
>>> Captain Obvious says that the con is of course that it needs a CIA. For
>>> a one-off or general DIY project that might not be a problem, but if
>>> someone were to order a bunch of PCBs and sell either as a complete kit
>>> or ready-built thing it might be troublesome to source CIAs.
>> 
>> Pulling a CIA's shift register off a PLD would be Captain Obvious next
>> advice ;-)
> 
> And then you need to add logic to put this CPLD somewhere into the CPU
> address space.

Yes.

> Ok that probably goes into the CPLD as well :-)

And yes :-)

I have somewhat similar (PIAs parallel port) done for the next Dolphin and its parallel connection. This allowed to drop all the six  (sic!) glue logic ICs AND the full VIA/CIA/PIA chip in favour of one CPLD.

> You also need to make sure you have the right output drivers.

True. Works for me so far but the parallel is a bit different (directly wired to the CIA through USER PORT)

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