Re: VC1541 with fast serial?

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:18:11 +0200
Message-ID: <3c6fdeb4-00a8-f220-a65c-8ffb8a252a12_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 8/26/19 2:02 PM, groepaz_at_gmx.net wrote:
> Am Montag, 26. August 2019, 13:53:21 CEST schrieb afachat_at_gmx.de:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> has anyone actually every tried to convert the VC1541 to use the fast serial
>> bus of the C128?
>>
>> As I see it, on the UC3 VIA here http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/
>> schematics/drives/new/1541/short-251748-rev.E-left.gif there still are
>>
>> - Port A0-7
>> - CB1
>> - CB2
>>
>> unconnected. These could be used to
>>
>> - CB1/2 shift out under T2 control and
>> - PA0-7: connected to a 74LS164 serial-to-parallel shift-in register
>>
>> The only other thing needed would probably be a 74LS14 Schmitt trigger input
>> driver, a 7406 output driver, and potentially replacing the PB6 drive ID
>> input with an SRQIN input, and of course a fly-wire to the IEC's SRQIN pin
>> 1.
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> you also need some extra synchronisation to eliminate the via bug with
> external clocking (which is basically the reason for why its not used in the
> 1541). i vaguely remember it being described in either one of the datasheets,
> or perhaps application notes.

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.

  Gerrit
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