Intel MCS-96 Design Kit

Its a development kit for the MCS96 series of CPU a hig integrated controller type CPU family - think of it like a mutant crossbreed of a 8051 and a 80386sx - fast, and realy interesting to programm. Used in a lot of application where a lot af real time CPU power is needed, especialy high data throughput, like air plane systems, car systems etc. The 96 has some 20+ interupt sources, high speed i/o, 8/16 bit data bus, A/D etc. Very Register orientated (some 200 Registers depending on the adressing type) and simple. There are a lot of versions with numbers from 8094 to 8096, 80194 to 80198 and around 80296 - together with subversions, names by two letters. But most of them are just different on chip ROMs. The 8097 is a 8096 with enhanced A/D functionality, the BHs are the ROMless versions (I always grin a bit about this typecode, since BH is the german abrevation for bra (BüstenHalter), so the 809xBH is a topless version :) in 68 pin PGA, while the 8095 is also a 8096 with A/D but less I/O ports to fit a 48 pin DIL (again, the BH is ROMless. Since there are EPROMS, I guess both are BHs. (There are also EPROM versions, like always called 879x. Gee, what I'm talking, check http://developer.intel.com/design/MCS96/ (inel hides there information quite good - a search reveals only a Y2K document) or better try http://www.iaw.com/~aubertin/88mgt/eec-iv/8096cpu.htm for more (did a quick search - Am I good ?:) Hey, Marvin, If you don't like this beast, I spend my time in helping orphaned singleboarders :) Have a lot of fun (There are a lot of good development tools for the MCS96 family, so it should be possible to play a bit). In Intel's mind, the i960 is the successor... Gruss H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK