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1617 SPAL analysis

A project log for Applix 1616 Documentation

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keithKeith 10/23/2023 at 23:420 Comments

U24 ("SPAL") - the expansion bus interface logic

Pins 1 and 2 go low at the I/O space (A23 to A8 are high). A7-A1, R/W, and /LDS are basic 68000 signals. 

The manual states that the memory map looks like this:

$FFFFFC1 R/W    ZDATA     Read:  Data from Z80. 
                          Write: Data to Z80.
$FFFFC3 Read   SCLRINT    Clear 1616 interrupt.
$FFFFC3 Write  SINTZ      Interrupt Z80.
$FFFFC9 Read   SRXRDY     Bit 7 set if receive latch full.
$FFFFCB Read   STXRDY     Bit 7 set if transmit latch empty.
$FFFFCD Read   ZCOMMAND   Bit 7 set if contents of the receive latch
                          is a command.   
$FFFFD1 Write  SCOMMAND   Write data to the data latch,
                          set SCOMMAND bit.

The PAL multiplexes SRXRDY and STXRDY onto SD7.

Basically the two processors communicate through two 8-bit latches.

This all looks pretty simple to implement.

The binary behaviour data seems wrong, because pin 18 is listed as an input when it should be an output. 

So I just had a quick go at deducing the logic by reading the manual and the circuit.

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