I think
I've mentioned before that I have an old Xterminal that uses and
80188 for I/O (keyboard, mouse, serial port, ethernet, etc) but runs the
Xserver on the (TMS34010) video chip.
Tony, do you have pictures or techie docs on this thing? It sounds
IIRC it's called a 'Princeton Ultra-X'
No photos, but I''ll try to describe it (from memory). It's a 'pizza
box'
style of case, about 12" square and3" high, obviosuly designed to go
under a monitor. It uses standard-ish PC peripherals, the monitor is a
VGA one (DE15 conenctor), the keyboard connecotr is a 5 pin DIN socket --
a PC/AT keyboard works, but I rememebr some issues (keys not in the right
place or something), and IIRC one of the setup meuus has a selection for
'Microsoft' or 'Logitech' mouse (the mouse port is a DE9 plug, wired as a
PC/AT RS232 port). Just as well, as all I have is the unit iteslf, with
none of the original peripherals.
There are 5 PCBs inside the case. One just holds 2 LEDs. Another is the
SMPSU. Which leaves 3 boards for digital stuff. One has the 80188 and
peripheral interface chips -- I forget the details, but theu're all
pretty standard. Another has The TMS34010, RAMDAC and lots of RAM on it.
And the last is a daughterboard for that one and contains 10 or so EPROMs
containing the XSerer and fonts.
I don;t have any official docs, but I might be able to find a schematic
for it.
-tony
