I was under
the impression it was sort-of a single-chip version of the
logic on the Disk II controller board -- buty how close is it ot that
logic? Is it the same state machine, for example? COuld you make a
replacement using the know schematics and ROM dump from a Disk II?
Maybe. But seeking a direct replacement will be my preferred option.
Sure, and I can;t beleive that early Macs (Mac Plus, for example) are
that hard to find.
However, the IWM was a custom part, and it may well have been that the
chip was never sold on its own (Apple went in for board-swapping :-().
The supply of them is going to dry up at some point, so it's worth
thinking about a possigle replacement made from standard parts.
-tony