The SC/MP has
some I/O lines on the chip. IIRC there are 3 flag outputs
(on/off signals controlled by bits in the CPU status register), 2 sense
inputs (which can be read as bits in the CPU status register, one can
also be used as an interrupt line), and serial I/O lines which go to the
'ends' of the CPU extenstion register (which can be shifted under program
control). These lines _are_ brought out to the connector at the back.
But the CPU buses aren't.
Ah, the useful stuff, then :o|
Actually, those CPU I/O lines _are_ useful. Remember on the MK14 that the
8154 chip was _optional_. Without it, that's all the I/O you get.
IIRC that cassette interface (which I never got to work properly...) used
one of the flag lines as the output (record) and one of the sense lines
together with the serial input line (strapped together) as the input
(playback).
-tony