Fairchild Channel F units

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Oct 13 11:44:42 1998

< The Odyssey^2 had an Intel 8048 with a 512 byte BIOS, 128 bytes of RAM
< (don't recall the chip) and the video (& sound) was driven by the Intel
< chip - the only application the chip was ever used in; (trivia - multipl
< 8244's could be hooked together with the output of one (slave/master mod

The part I believe is a programmed 8044 RUPI. the 8044 is a 8051 core
with a slave interface and a SDLC controller. 8051s could be serially
connected via their 9bit serial port (also present on the RUPI). It would
be the first place of comparison. Intel DId this with the 8041/2 in the
form of printer controller, 8278 (keyboard and display driver), also the
GPIB controller (8291) and the well known 8042 AT keybord controller found
in AT and X86 systems.

Allison
Received on Tue Oct 13 1998 - 11:44:42 BST