Original asked by : Evan Koblentz?cctalk at
snarc.net
On Thu Jul 19 14:36:27 CDT 2018..Zilog 8000 system (model 20 and model 32) replacement
boards
..As far as the System 8000 model 20 are conserved their microprocessor board schematics
and firmware can be found on the internet but the microprocessor and the MMU's might
be hard to get. ? (out of production for some time now).
.. As far as the MMU's are concerned some System 8000 clones used a different MMU with
a custom mapping PROM and or others use a Intelligent MCU to emulate the Zilog
MMU's....As far as the Model 32 is concerned that a little different, without the
original microprocessor board you could always down grade it to a lesser model. It would
be easy to get the Z8001 microprocessor on to a 32 bit data bus.? Just some extra data
latches if you could find some one to make a custom microprocessor PCB.Use the Z8001
microprocessor pins Bit//word, AD0, AD1 for data bus size signals.AD1 is for data bits 17
to 24 and data bits 17 to 32 depending on the status of Bit//Word and AD0 singals.AD0 is
for data bits 0 to 16 with the correct status of Bit//word and AD0 signal.??Bit//Word with
AD0 controllers either a upper byte/Lower byte or 16-bit word transfers...Memory greater
that 16M with the Z8001 microprocessor on a full 32-bit address bus is possible with a
paged memory management circuit. Drivers ?? by who ??..With the model 32 (and some if its
clones) on board firmware and or operating enhancements where used for Z8001 ( and some
Z80,000)? microprocessor compatibility.? The only other solution is to reverse design a
AT&T 3B2 computer back to the Zilog System 8000 bus or use a custom made ARM based
microprocessor card with Z8001 emulation in ROM.?..Most of the Z8000 based microprocessor
system I have dealt with are newer than the model 32 or are older then the Zilog MMU's
chips.?..Any feed back on this email is welcome at ZilogZ80.swingatYahoo.ca? ? ?At=@
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