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From: cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Eric Smith
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What problem did you run into with the CL chip? Were
you using it in
ISA-bus
mode? Since it is a bus slave only, it doesn't
seem like it should be
that
difficult to talk to it.
Eric
Hi
After several attempts, the CL GD5420 chip would not respond at all on the
S-100 bus. There is a page here on the project
http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/VGA%20Board/VGA%20Board.htm
Sometimes things work out and sometimes not so much.
There is a third prototype board in build and test but it isn't cooperating
either. Without the commented VGA BIOS source listing it is very difficult
if not impossible to know exactly what is not working properly. There is
just so much about this complex chip we don't know.
We've already designed an FPGA style S-100 VGA solution based on the Mylium
LAVA. However it has all the same problems as the NEC uPD7220 (not VGA
compatible and all software would have to be written from scratch). Also we
would need the next generation of Mylium LAVA (Spartan) to get usable VGA
bitmap graphics. The technology just is not there yet.
http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/Lava-10%20Board/LAVA-10%20Board
.htm
Thanks and have a nice day!
Andrew Lynch