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A project log for STEbus Z180 slave board (IPI)

A 64180 or Z180 communicates with the STEbus through a one-byte port.

keithKeith 02/05/2023 at 16:290 Comments

2023-02-04

Populated with PAL chips. Both memory chips have A0 to 13, enough for 16K devices. Address, Data, /CE, /RD and /WR pins are toggling.

No sign-on message. :-(

Serial data from terminal appears at the CPU pin RXA0, and CTS0 toggles as driven by RTS, but no activity on TXD0.

There is a good chance that this was a non-working board used for exhibition display purposes.

This will take a bit of work to diagnose. I'll need to analyse the firmware. I started disassembling it. I need to write some self-diagnostic code.

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