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TMS99105 CPU chip seems okay

A project log for RC2016/99: TI-99/4A clone using TMS99105 CPU

Retrochallenge 2016/10 entry and winner: try to build a TI-99/4A clone using a TMS99105 CPU and an FPGA. In a month...

erik-piehlErik Piehl 09/29/2016 at 20:440 Comments

Getting ready for the retrochallenge. Below is the test circuit I put together, to just check that the CPU is working. 20MHz clock driving the TMS99105, and the TMS99105 is outputting 5MHz CLKOUT signal. The other oscilloscope channel is looking at #MEM signal, which is going nicely low as the processor is fetching data. No memories are connected, the CPU is just running wild, but it seems to be doing something - working!

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