On Aug 19, 2012, at 11:54 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
ObCC. That
unit contains a Z180 CPU, a Z8530 serial chip (yes it handles
synchronous data too), 128K bytes of RAM, a 64K byte PEROM, and a bit of
TTL. SO I guess it's a classic computer.
Oh that could even be repurposed for even more fun things!
Indeed; I'm actually a little familiar with that setup through this app
note, which is pretty handy even for people with Inside Appletalk who
wish to implement LocalTalk on an embedded controller:
http://www.zilog.com/docs/z180/appnotes/loctalk.pdf
The Z181 sounds like a nifty little controller!
- Dave