I have noticed a few recent posts about older TI systems including a
question about locating a trainer/dev (?) system described a '76 byte
magazine. This got me thinking about a TI chassis I have been unable to
locate documentation. Can anyone help shed some light on the following. .?
The closest thing I could find on the Internet was (an earlier model's
users guide), but nothing about the card chassis that holds it.
http://computer-refuge.org/bitsavers/ti/tm990-100/TM990-100M_usersGuide.pdf
The card chassis:
Within a Steel 4-slot Texas Instruments card chassis the size of a shoe box
are four Texas Instruments cards manufactured in the US. These cards
resemble a regular s-100 card but the 100 contacts are off center, to the
left when viewing the component side with the 100 pin side down. Printed
on the chassis is Assy No. is 0994676-0001 and Diag No. 0394677. I do not
have a power supply, but I assume you'd attach to terminals on the back of
the chassis somehow (?).
Inside are 4 cards.
Two cards are similar are RAM/EPROM cards with 32K in each (8 x 4 rows I
assume = 32K ?). The RAM is a mix of TMS 4045-30NL, TMS 4045-30, and TMS
4014NL. There are no Eproms installed, but there are two rows of empty
slots on the card. Each card has 8 dip switches.
The third card is labeled TM990/101 M. This appears to be a
processor/modem/term card with a TMS 9900JL EP7840 ceramic/gold processor,
and a TMS 9901NL chip, etc. The card has two 25 pin female connectors
apparently for serial i/o.
The fourth card is labeled "universal prototype board TM990/512". This card
may be newer than the rest and has an Intel P8253 chip (date = '80). There
is extensive wiring on the back of the card, it could be for a disk drive,
I don't know. The card has 2 40 pin flat connectors.
I am hoping someone can point me in the direction for a TM990/101 M Users
Guide or documentation about the chassis and/or individual components. I
can post pictures by request.
-Bill