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- Notes on the Zorro II SID card
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- 1. The design is very simple - no AutoConfig, only write accesses
- and a hacked chip select/clock logic.
- 2. The wiring on the "B" side of the 74HC688 selects the address
- range of the card. This is currently at $a0xxxx (where Frodo
- expects is to be).
- 3. The SID's reset line is not connected to /RESET or /IORST but
- to /LED to have the possibility to reset the SID independently
- of the Amiga. This is because some SIDs have problems with
- the clock signal being pulled down on write access and sometimes
- one or more envelope generator "crashes" and requires a reset
- to work properly again. So it is connected to /LED and Frodo
- cycles the power LED to reset the SID.
- 4. The whole circuit can be built upon a standard raster board.
- A custom PCB layout is not required (besides, I don't have one).
- 5. The "AUDIO OUT" signal can directly be connected to headphones
- or an amplifier. The "AUDIO IN" signal can be used to mix and
- filter external audio signals with the SID signal.
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- A note on the programs "EnableSID" and "DisableSID"
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- As the SID card doesn't use AutoConfig, it's address space will
- be marked as invalid by the 68040.library on systems with a 68040,
- and the card is not accessable. The EnableSID and DisableSID
- programs use the 68040's transparent translation feature (DTT0)
- to open the address space and mark it as non-cacheable. Simply
- run them once to enable resp. to disable access to the SID card
- (they can only be started from the Shell). The source is included
- in case you have problems with your MMU setup, so you can modify
- the programs to fit your system.
-
- Christian Bauer <cbauer@mzdmza.zdv.uni-mainz.de>
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