Folks,
Does anyone have a NEC 7220 datasheet? I was just given two of these
chips (D7220AD, 1986 datecodes), and was interested in tinkering with
them. I have no earthly idea what the specs are, though, other than
"graphics controller".
-Seth
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:32:24 -0400
From: Steve Stutman <steve at radiorobots.com>
Subject: Re: NEC D7220AD datasheet wanted
Seth Morabito wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Does anyone have a NEC 7220 datasheet? I was just given two of these
> chips (D7220AD, 1986 datecodes), and was interested in tinkering with
> them. I have no earthly idea what the specs are, though, other than
> "graphics controller".
>
> -Seth
>
Used these once in a Nav product.
If you do not find data on Net, let me know.
Believe I still have the book.
Steve
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I also have it in Vol.2 of the 1987 NEC Microcomputer Products Data Book.
It's 28 pages; unforch I don't have a scanner set up at the moment, but if
there's no other source...
mike
> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:14:06 -0600
> From: "maurice smulders"
> Make sure you google for uPD7220 (that's the NEC prefix)
You can also look for the Intel 82720, which is the Intel-packaged
version of the same chip. Both are on the web and the text for the
datasheets and programming manual is essentially identical.
Cheers,
Chuck
> Message: 28
> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:41:57 -0500
> From: Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org>
> Sellam Ismail wrote:
>> This is very cool:
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7458479.stm
>
> Unfortunately, no mention of how the machine produced the sound...
I expect it was the same as slightly later mainframes, every time a
conditional jump instruction actually jumps, it flips the speaker to
the opposite state. When single shotting a program this is useful as
you can hear a click and know to not carry on down the list of
instructions, and when a program is running you can hear the tone
change as it does different tasks (because the size of the loops are
different). My 1301 has a three of four instruction program which
uses the variable delay of the multiply instruction to make a ghostly
sound.
Ben, if you need a low cost EPROM programmer just go get yourself a junk PC
(practically free) and for $20 on Ebay Buy-It-Now (or less if you are
patient), get a Willem Programmer.
Here is a link:
http://search.ebay.com/willem-programmer_W0QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ34QQsbrs
rtZd
Decent EPROM programmers are so cheap now as to be hardly an issue.
These are super simple to use and practically disposable. They are
amazingly durable and useful.
They won't work with first generation EPROMs but anything 2716 or later is
good. 2816s should be no problem.
Good luck with your project.
Andrew Lynch