• Memory map

    Keith • 05/21/2024 at 00:50 • 0 comments

    0000 to 7FFF32K RAM
    8000 to 9FFF8K Empty
    A000 
    A002 to BFFF aliases    		MC6850 UART 
    C000
    FFFF    		16K ROM

  • About the board

    Keith • 04/29/2024 at 11:51 • 0 comments

    I bought it on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175882294924

    It uses a 68B09P (6809 rated at 2 MHz, with on-chip oscillator), and a 7.7328 MHz crystal.

    The UART is a 68B50P (6850 rated at 2 MHz), which has problems with USB-to-serial adaptors made by FTDI due to a bug in the latter's chips.

    See https://hackaday.io/project/167418-ftdi-usb-cable-problems-with-6850-acia

    It is nothing amazing, just a layout of Grant Searle's minimalist design. 

    It does have a 40-pin expansion socket, which makes life easier if you wish to add experimental features (which I do).

    In particular, I'd like to add a better serial channel device, to replace the 6850.