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CPU Board Update

A project log for Varian Vista-based Z80 Microcomputer

Turning a pile of old circuit boards into a working computer.

bubblewrapBubblewrap 11/27/2022 at 16:020 Comments

Updated the CPU board schematic - added all the non-IC parts (resistors, capacitors, two test points, one jumper and one transistor), fixed up some errors on the previous version. Worked out how the data bus enable logic worked, and it does seem to switch off when reading from internal RAM (but not when writing, but presumably address decoding on the RAM card means this is harmless). Still not entirely sure what some signals do, but I think there's enough done now to get it talking to the ROMs, so I shall make a start on that card next.

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