Re: TI-H: Another EIII choice...
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Re: TI-H: Another EIII choice...
Btw... I accidentally ordered 5 chips so if you want one, make me an offer...
>That sounds great. A 4.3GB HD would be a little much I think. A keyboard
>wouldn't be too hard as it's a serial(right?) device.
> Jeff Rapp
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
>Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 4:58 PM
>Subject: TI-H: Another EIII choice...
>
>
>>
>>This is more like it! Check it! It will have a real-time clock!
>keyboard!
>>
>>This thing basically lets your calc use all PC/AT parts... everything
>>except the momitor... I decided that a 2.88MB disk drive was enough, and
>>that a 4.3GB $250 hard drive was overkill... :)
>>
>>SuperI/O III
>>+Plug and Play Compatible Chip
>>+Floppy Disk Controller
>>+Keyboard Controller
>>+Real-Time Clock
>>+Two Fast UARTS
>>+Infrared Support
>>+IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
>>
>>This fully Plug and Play (PnP) compatible chip incorporates a Floppy Disk
>>Controller (FDC), a Keyboard and mouse Controller (KBC), a Real-Time Clock
>>(RTC), two fast full function UARTs, Infrared (IR) support, a full IEEE
>>1284 parallel port, three general purpose chip select signals that can be
>>programmed for game port control, and a separate configuration register set
>>for each module. It also provides support for power management (including a
>>WATCHDOG timer) and standard PC-AT address decoding for on-chip functions.
>>
>>The Infrared (IR) interface complies with the HP-SIR and SHARP-IR
>>standards, and supports all four basic protocols for Consumer Remote
>>Control circuitry (RC-5, RC-5 extended, RECS80 and NEC).
>>
>>100% compatibility with Plug and Play requirements specified in the "Plug
>>and Play ISA
>>
>>Specification", ISA, EISA, and MicroChannel architectures
>>
>>A special Plug and Play (PnP) module that includes:
>> Flexible IRQs, DMAs and base addresses that meet the Plug and Play
>>requirements specified by Microsoft in their 1995 hardware design guide for
>>Windows and Plug and Play ISA Revision 1.0A
>> Plug and Play ISA mode (with isolation mechanism-Wait for Key
>state)
>> Motherboard Plug and Play mode
>>
>>A Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) that provides:
>> A modifiable address that is referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register
>> Software compatibility with the PC8477, which contains a superset
>>of the floppy disk controller functions in the [micro]DP8473, the NEC
>>[micro]DP765A and the N82077
>> 13 IRQ channel options
>> Four 8-bit DMA channel options
>> 16-byte FIFO
>> Burst and non-burst modes
>> A high-performance, internal, analog data separator that does not
>>require any external filter components
>> Support for standard 5.25" and 13.5" floppy disk drives
>> Automatic media sense support
>> Perpendicular recording drive support
>> Three-mode Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) support
>> Full support for the IBM Tape Drive Register (TDR) implementation
>>of AT and PS/2 drive types
>>
>>A Keyboard and mouse Controller (KBC) with:
>> A modifiable address that is referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register, reported as a fixed address in resource data
>> 13 IRQ options for the keyboard controller
>> 13 IRQ options for the mouse controller
>> An 8-bit microcontroller
>>
>>Software compatibility with the 8042AH and PC87911 microcontrollers
>> 2 KB of custom-designed program ROM
>> 256 bytes of RAM for data
>> Five programmable dedicated open drain I/O lines for keyboard
>>controller applications
>> Asynchronous access to two data registers and one status register
>>during normal operation
>> Support for both interrupt and polling
>> 93 instructions
>> An 8-bit timer/counter
>> Support for binary and BCD arithmetic
>> Operation at 8 MHz, 12 MHz or 16 MHz (programmable option)
>> Customizability using the PC87323VUL, which includes a RAM-based
>>KBC, as a development platform for keyboard controller code for the
>>PC87307VUL
>>
>>A Real-Time Clock (RTC) that has:
>> A modifiable address that is referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register
>> 13 IRQ options, with programmable polarity
>> DS1287, MC146818 and PC87911 compatibility
>> 242 bytes of battery backed up CMOS RAM in two bands
>> Selective lock mechanism for the RTC RAM
>> Battery backed up century calendar in days, days of the week,
>>months and years, with automatic leap-year adjustment
>> Battery backed-up time of day in seconds, minutes and hours that
>>allows a 12 or 24 hour format and adjustments for daylight savings time
>> BCD or binary format for time keeping
>>
>>
>> Power turned on when:
>> The RTC reaches a pre-determined date and time
>> A high to low transition occurs on the RI# input signals of
>>the UARTs
>> A ring pulse or pulse train is detected on the RING# input
>>signal
>> A SWITCH input signal indicates a Switch On event
>> Powered turned off when:
>> A SWITCH input signal indicates a Switch Off event
>> A Fail-safe event occurs (power-save mode detected but the
>>system is hung up)
>> Software turns power off
>>
>>
>>Two UARTs that provide:
>> Software compatibility with the 16550A and the 16450
>> A modifiable address that is referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register
>> 13 IRQ channel options
>> Shadow register support for write-only bits
>> Four 8-bit DMA options for the UART with Slow Infrared support
>(USI)
>> An enhanced UART and Infrared (IR) interface on the USI that
>supports:
>> UART data rates up to 1.5 Mbaud
>> HP-SIR
>> ASK-IR option of SHARP-IR
>> DASK-IR option of SHARP-IR
>> Consumer Remote Control Circuitry
>> A Plug and Play compatible external transceiver
>>
>>A bidirectional parallel port that includes:
>> A modifiable address that is referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register
>> Software or hardware control
>> 13 IRQ channel options
>> Four 8-bit DMA channel options
>> Demand mode DMA support
>> An Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) that is compatible with the new
>>version EPP 1.9, and is IEEE1284 compliant
>> An Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) that also supports version EPP 1.7
>>of the Xircom specification
>> Support for an Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) as mode 4 of the
>>Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)
>> An Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) that is IEEE 1284 compliant,
>>including level 2
>> Selection of internal pull-up or pull-down resistor for Paper End
>>(PE) pin
>> Reduction of PCI bus utilization by supporting a demand DMA mode
>>mechanism and a DMA fairness mechanism
>> A protection circuit that prevents damage to the parallel port when
>>a printer connected to it powers up or is operated at high voltages
>> Output buffers that can sink and source 14 mA
>> Three general purpose pins for three separate programmable chip
>>select signals, as follows:
>>
>>
>>Can be programmed for game port control
>>
>>
>>16 single-bit General Purpose I/O ports (GPIO):
>> Modifiable addresses that are referenced by a 16-bit programmable
>>register
>> Programmable direction for each signal (input or output) with
>>configuration lock
>> Programmable drive type for each output pin (open-drain or
>>push-pull) with configuration lock
>> Programmable option for internal pull-up resistor on each input pin
>>with configuration lock
>> A back-drive protection circuit
>> An X-bus data buffer that connects the 8-bit X data bus to the ISA
>>data bus
>>
>>Clock source options:
>> Source is a 32.768 kHz crystal-an internal frequency multiplier
>>generates all the required internal frequencies
>> Source may be either a 48 MHz or 24 MHz clock input signal
>> Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) support via the Chip Select 0 (CS0#)
>>signal that is powered by the VCCH
>> Enhanced Power Management (PM), including:
>>
>> Special configuration registers for power down
>> WATCHDOG timer for power-saving strategies
>> Reduced current leakage from pins
>> Low power CMOS technology
>> Ability to shut off clocks to all modules
>>
>>
>>