Thanks for the feedback everybody. I'm struggling a bit with timing diagrams, because so far, I could just mentally connect the little black boxes with little black lines. Working on it.
BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
As for selecting devices, have you looked at the 74AC138 3-8 decoder (data sheet attached)? I think that is all you would need for this application.
My "local" internet parts supplier only has the AC stuff as SMC, and I'm looking to wirewrap this one -- I have a mild case of essential tremor, so precise work with fiddly small bits can be frustrating, including soldering. Another thing I'm testing with this first project.
I actually have the 74HC237 variant of a 3-to-8 (has a latch) and have been messing around with it. However, wouldn't that just add another station to the RAM selection? I'd have to "catch" the four lines to that segment of of the memory with a four-line AND chip, so I'd have at least two chips in the way. If I just use A15 for the RAM and a 2-to-4 for the rest, that should be a step less for the RAM (see attachment).
BigDumbDinosaur wrote:
You may wish to consider the 65C22S. However, it has a totem-pole IRQ output, so it will have to be isolated from the rest of the IRQ circuit with Schottky diode, since the 2692 has an open-drain IRQ output.
That's precisely why I was going to go with the N, it looks easier to handle.
Daryl, thanks for the offer, I've, well, drooled over your whole page there. My idea is do this one the hard way to make sure I actually understand what's going on (work in progress, obviously). The second machine would be one where I'd be looking at all such things. You're bookmarked
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