In message <m1CoWDr-000JDgC@p850ug1>
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I almost certainly have it (I have the 3-volume NEC
microprocessor/peripheral databnok from the right period), but of course
it's on paper and I don;t have a scanner. Still, if you need some
information from it, just ask away.
It's a GPIB controller, right? The 7201 is the
multi-protocol serial
chip, and the 7220 the graphics processor. I know I have the 7201 and
7220 data sheets...
Yep - the NEC uPD7210C is (as far as NEC are concerned) an "Intelligent GPIB
Interface Controller". I've since found out that SMC (Standard Microsystems)
second-sourced it as the COM 7210 - I've been working from the SMC datasheet,
which isn't too bad.
What I would like to do is get hold of a few 7210s to play around with. A
GPIB-controlled power supply would be rather neat - that or a Gameboy Camera
hooked up to the GPIB. I think I've still got some Fairchild 96LS488 GPIB
controller chips lying around somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can find a
datasheet for them anywhere.
Cue the inevitable bunch of people accusing me of being lazy for thinking
about using a GPIB chip instead of bitbanging GPIB in software...
Later.
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