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 Post subject: [84.1] Schematic Labels
PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 2000 10:07 pm 
Hey, on some schematics, there are pins listed like "A0-A15". Are htey labled as A0 or whateve ron the chip? Also, multiple chips hav ethis on my schematci....are they ALL Interconnected to the 6502? THanks!


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 Post subject: [84.2] Schematic Labels
PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2000 5:07 am 
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The labels you mention refer to the individual lines of a bus, specifically the address bus in this case. By definition, these go to several things in parallel. The A0-A15 coming off the processor though may not go directly to the other A... lines in a larger system. For example, in the Apple II, when memories were small and it took a ton of them to get 32K or 64K of RAM and ROM, a bus driver was used between the processor and everything else, as the processor alone could not drive such a heavy load.

In smaller systems that are more likely to be home-made, the bus drivers are normally unnecessary, so all the A0's would be connected together, for example.

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 Post subject: [84.3] Schematic Labels
PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2000 6:00 pm 
Thanks much! Im building Chris Wards' design. You cna find a link on the 6502.or gpage, under the HOMEBUILT PROJECTS section.


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