[Coco] Coco 4

peak at mail.polarcomm.com peak at mail.polarcomm.com
Wed Jan 7 16:06:27 EST 2004


The 14.318Mhz that I was refering to is not used to clock an 
ISA card but is used for some of the ISA video cards. 4 times 
color burst and all that used by the 6845 VDU. The 4.7Mhz clk 
is on a different ISA pin.
Eric 


---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:54:37 -0500
>From: jdaggett at gate.net  
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco 4  
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>ISA specs is for 4.777 MHz clock speed. While most 16 bit 
cards 
>will handle faster speeds one needs to be moindful that some 
of the 
>real older 8 bit cards will only support 4.77 Mhz.
>
>james
> 
>
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>> Neil
>> The memory of an ISA card would be decoded using coco's 
CTS 
>> line and the I/O using coco's SCS line. If you really want 
an 
>> ISA card adapter for the coco I will see if I can design 
one 
>> at least as far as a schematic diagram. Warning* I wont 
even 
>> attempt using DMA though**. The hardware part of an ISA 
card 
>> adapter for 8-bit ISA cards that dont use DMA should not 
be a 
>> problem. I have been wanting to do this anyway.
>> Note: Many ISA cards need a 14.318Mhz signal.
>> The coco1 and coco2 have this frequency but coco3 does not.
>> Eric 
>> 
>> 
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:06:50 -0800
>> >From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>  
>> >Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco 4  
>> >To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
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>> >
>> >
>> >Oh, I have a recycler locally so I can get them. It's 
just 
>> when you
>> >try to map them into a Coco's address space it becomes 
very 
>> ugly.
>> >Perhaps Dennis could figure out a way to do it but I 
can't.
>> >
>> >Neil
>> >
>> >----- Original Message ----- 
>> >From: "Richard E. Crislip" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com>
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hello Neil
>> >>
>> >> If you want one I got one. I was looking it just 
tonight 8-
>> )
>> >wondering if
>> >> anyone would want such a hip old board.
>> >
>> >
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