11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
10:45 a.m.
Talking of DSPs reminded me of the graphics chips family that TI
created in the mid 80s, the TMS34010 was the first part.
Does anyone have equipment that utilizes this chip or have an
opportunity to work with them directly?
Yes. I have something that calls itself an 'Ultra-X', I assume it's some
fairly early X-terminal. Physically, it's a pizza-box sized unit, and
take a VGA monitor (standard DE15 connector), PC-like keyboard (5 pin DIN
connecotr),serial mouse (DE9). I think it has serial and ethernet (AUI
and thinwire) interfaces to the host.
Anyway, it uses a 34010. In fact the X server runs on the 34010 (there's
a daughterboasrd full of EPROMs that contain the Xserver and fonts, this
is connected only to the 34010 bus). There's also an 808118 for I/O
-tony