On 11 Oct 2007 at 16:04, Chris M wrote:
the 6545 was a close relative of the 6845. IIRC the
TI
PC used it. No clue where to find one though. The
Rockwell will probably work. They had their own
version of the Intel 8272/NEC '465 chip. My old ITT
Xtra XP used the Rockwell version. It went bust and I
replaced it with the 8272 from my Tandy 2000. It
worked fine.
The big difference that's important here is that the Hitachi and
Rockwell chips have a "transparent" refresh mode that allows a nice
seamless memory share with a 6502. Set by Register 8, bit 3. The
6845 doesn't have this--so it probably won't work.
Cheers,
Chuck