Elf99 - rebirth of a classic

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_at_infinet.com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 17:00:28 1998

>
> On Nov 16, 5:39, Doug Spence wrote:
>
> They're NOT the same. I can't find a pinout, but they're a different
> (physical) size and ISTR they use different voltages as well. MPS6550s
> will be very hard to find as they were never second-sourced by anyone, as
> far as I know. They're 22-pin (0.4" wide instead of 0.3") 4096-bit (1024 x
> 4) SRAMs. 2114's are 18-pin 4096-bit (1024 x 4) SRAMs.
>
> Even MOS Technology didn't make them for very long, which is why only the
> earliest PETs used them.

According to the GIICM (http://www.falstaff.demon.co.uk/giicm.html)

2114 - 1kx4 SRAM.

    +---+--+---+
 A6 |1 +--+ 18| VCC
 A5 |2 17| A7
 A4 |3 16| A8
 A3 |4 15| A9
 A0 |5 2114 14| D1
 A1 |6 13| D2
 A2 |7 12| D3
/CE |8 11| D4
GND |9 10| /WE
    +----------+

And adapted from the PET schematics at
http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/schematics/computers/pet/2001/320008-2.gif

    +---+--+---+
 A0 |1 +--+ 22| VSS (GND)
 A1 |2 21| CS1
 A2 |3 20| CS2
 A3 |4 19| /CS3
 A4 |5 6550 18| /CS4
 A5 |6 17| VDD (+5v)
Ph2 |7 16| D3
 A6 |8 15| D2
 A7 |9 14| D1
 A8 |10 13| D0
 A9 |11 12| R/W
    +----------+

While the RCA 1822 looked like this...

(Courtesy of http://www.semi.harris.com/data/pk/pk0/pk0069/)

    +---+--+---+
 A3 |1 +--+ 22| VDD (+5v)
 A2 |2 21| A4
 A1 |3 20| R/W
 A0 |4 19| /CS1
 A5 |5 1822 18| OD
 A6 |6 17| CS2
 A7 |7 16| DO4
VSS |8 15| DI4
DI1 |9 14| DO3
DO1 |10 13| DI3
DI2 |11 12| DO2
    +----------+


I include the 1822 for two reasons - it was used in the original Elf (keeping
this reply on topic ;-) and it has the same package size as the 6550, wide
format 22-pin DIP, vs. standard (0.3") 18-pin DIP for the 2114.

I've been lucky enough to find some old printers and such with older RAMs
in them (No... they weren't working). I have no ready sources for bulk
buys of old RAM.

-ethan
Received on Mon Nov 16 1998 - 17:00:28 GMT

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