AM2901APC/7829DP; AM2909PC/7811DP; AM2907PC/7828DM Those are the
bigger chips on the board.
John Keys
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: New Finds
> > 6. AMD AM 2900 Evaluation & Learning kit. A nice single board
computer
> > with the box but no manuals. There was a sheet titled "Am2900 Kit
> > Programming Work Sheet". Anyone have more info on this unit ?
>
> The AM2900 series are bit-slice chips for making your own processors
:-).
> The main ones are either 4 bit ALU/registers (2901 and 2903) that you
can
> cascade up to the word size you want and microcode sequencer chips
(2909,
> 2911, 2910).
>
> There were various evaluation boards. Typically they gave you an ALU
of
> perhaps 8 or 16 bits, a sequencer, and a RAM based control store that
you
> loarded your own microcode into.
>
> You'll need a copy of the AMD bipolar processor databook (or 2900
> databook) to do much with this board. And a copy of 'Mick & Brick' (a
> book entitled 'Bit Slice Microprocessor Design') would be useful as
well.
>
> Post the numbers on the larger chips (or anything that's not plain
74xx
> TTL) on your board and we'll see if we can work out what you have.
>
>
> -tony
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 21:33:52 BST