• 88C01 Micro Channel Interface on a Chip

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 4 07:47:41 2023
    The card's POSID looks like @7CE8, or @7CEB, Catalog of MCA adapters was
    sordid munged...

    https://epdf.pub/circuit-cellar-magazine-issue-10-aug-sept-1989.html

    Designing an interface product for the IBM PS/2 Micro Channel bus has
    been greatly simplified with ONE CHIP PLUS, the 88COl Micro Channel
    Interface Chip from Capital Equipment Corp. It provides complete Micro
    Channel interface compatibility plus the decoding and logic functions
    required for memory, I/O, and multifunction adapter cards.

    Features of the 84-pin PLCC chip include Direct Memory Access (DMA)
    arbitration and burst mode DMA, programmable memory and I/O timing
    to accommodate wide access times on memory and peripheral chips, user-definable Programmable Option Select (POS)registers, and a
    programmable Micro Channel board ID. In addition, multiplexed memory
    address lines allow direct connection to 1MB DRAMs.


    A unique user configuration capability permits adjusting the
    characteristics and pinout of the chip to specific design needs. Some of
    these characteristics include: enabling expanded and extended memory,
    data width for each chip select, I/O access time, ROM size, and Micro
    Channel ID number. Over 20 user configuration features can be set with a configuration PROM.

    A development kit provides complete support for the Micro Channel
    interface design and includes a prototype board with a working memory
    adapter circuit, breadboarding area, and connections for a logic
    analyzer. Interactive 88COl configuration software, EPROM-based code
    for memory add-in cards, design utilities, and a DOS expanded memory
    driver meeting EMM 4.0 are also provided.

    Acquisition Engine software, which provides background or foreground
    data acquisition, general-purpose I/O control, and graphics is also
    included. Customized software modules can be added for specific
    products. Documentation includes specifications, schematics, application
    notes, recommended PC layout, and CAE parts libraries.

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