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- From: amn@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Anthony Naggs)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: V25 chip (by nec)
- Keywords: v25 sbc dma
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.214854.20823@unix.brighton.ac.uk>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 21:48:54 GMT
- References: <1993Jan28.013056.3178@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Reply-To: amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk
- Organization: University of Brighton, UK
- Lines: 33
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- James Williams, <elejw@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, writes:
- >I am working on aproject using the V25 cpu, made by NEC. The v25 is 80186
- >compatible, with serial ports, dma, etc, all on chip. ...
-
- Well, not quite 'compatible', though very similar the built-in peripherals
- are a little different and vary in their functionality.
-
- > ... Anyway, I am having trouble using the Special
- >Function registers (SFR's), specifically those that control the dma. You are
- >supposed to be able to read/write to/from them just like memory. I can read
- >them,
- >but not write to them. Anyway, has anyone here used the V25 (the chip, I
- >doubt if anyone has used jenlogix's sbc!). I can elaborate further if anyone
- >thinks they have any suggestions.
-
- I don't understand your problem, so long as you have the IDB set and
- referenced properly you should just do normal reads & writes with the
- internal data area. Hmmm, I am not sure that I have used DMA on a V25,
- but the Macro Services usually work fine for me. I presume that the date
- code on the chip you are using is at least '91, I don't remember being told
- of any mask faults in more recent versions of the chip - certainly I have
- seen very strange stuff happening on early edition, where macro services
- and interrupts would collide.
-
- Please explain your problem further, either here or by email to:
- amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk
-
- Hope this helps,
- Anthony Naggs
- Software/Electronics Engineer P O Box 1080, Peacehaven
- (and virus researcher) East Sussex BN10 8PZ
- Phone: +44 273 589701 Great Britain
- Email: (c/o Univ of Brighton) amn@vms.brighton.ac.uk or xa329@city.ac.uk
-