The TI 34010

From: emanuel stiebler <emu_at_ecubics.com>
Date: Sat Mar 6 18:41:29 1999

Hi,

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> From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: The TI 34010
> Date: Saturday, March 06, 1999 1:11 PM

> I have the TMS34010 data sheet here, but what we really need is the user
> manual. The data sheet has the pinouts, timing diagrams, etc in it -
> hardware info. It appears that programming info was mostly in the user
> manual, though.

The tms34020 was faster, new instructions, bigger address & data. You could
even attach a FP unit to it.
 
> > How does the 34010 do in handling bitmaps?
 
> Are you sure about that? Most VRAMs (certainly the ones in use when the
> 34010 came out) seem to be nothing more than DRAMs with a second address
> port that transfers one row of data into a shift register. The bitstream
> from the S/R is fed to the video circuitry. No bit-blit operations.

The second generation had something like mask/logical operations. Comes out
with the tms34010. I should have the application notes somewhere :-((

cheers,
emanuel
Received on Sat Mar 06 1999 - 18:41:29 GMT