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Mapping the I/O space

A project log for Repurposing a Z80 controller board

A failed attempt to put old hardware to use

ken-yapKen Yap 10/13/2018 at 00:150 Comments

With a continuity tester I mapped out the I/O space. Besides the address lines, these lines also participate: /M1, /IOR. The devices and the corresponding bits that activate them, from A4 down to A0 are:

74LS138 1 of 8 decoder: 00XXX

Z8440 SIO: 01XXX

Z8430 CTC: 10XXX

The 74LS138 seems to have something to do with the power drive transistors.

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