J100_SG84_manual_htm.zip

SG84 manual in html form

Zip Archive - 5.08 MB - 07/12/2021 at 13:09

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Hitachi_HD63485_HD63486_HD63487_datasheets.zip

HD63485: Memory Interface
HD63486: Video Attribute Controller
HD63487: the two chips above combined into one
This board used PAL chips to replace these chips.

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1986_11_BYTE_11-12_GT180-part-1.pdf

This is the nearest equivalent open-source design, by Steve Ciarcia for Byte magazine. It uses the HD63485 and HD63486 chips which are probably hard to get, but they make for easier design. They were expensive back then, which was why they were designed out of the SG84.

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1986_12_BYTE_11-13_GT180-part-2.pdf

Part 2 is about hardware. There is 512K of DRAM, as sixteen 64K by 4-bit dynamic RAM chips, giving a 64-bit word output. 32 bits into each of the two GVAC chips.

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1987_01_BYTE_12-01_GT180-part-3.pdf

Part 3 is about software.

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