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- From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Some autoconfig questions
- Message-ID: <36731@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 20:41:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.015332.16124@ida.liu.se>
- Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1992Nov4.015332.16124@ida.liu.se> ricwe@ida.liu.se (Rickard Westman) writes:
- >I am designing a small autoconfiguring board for my A1000, ...
-
- >a) The base address register is documented as being at offset $48/$4A.
- > This suggests that the base address is given to the board through
- > two successive writes (each setting one nybble).
-
- The protocol requires the least significant nybble to be written to $4A, then
- the whole byte is written to $48 and the board is configured. This allows
- hardware to use two 4-bit or one 8-bit latch.
-
- >b) Since I am building this board for my own use only, the product and
- > manufacturer number are quite unnecessary. I have heard, however, that
- > certain numbers (such as 0) wouldn't work. Is there any set of numbers
- > that are guaranteed not to be used in "real" products, so that I could
- > avoid possible (but unlikely) collisions?
-
- There's a "hacker id" reserved for such things, $2011.
-
- >c) There doesn't seem to be a way to tell the Amiga that I won't use the
- > "optional control status register" at $40/$42. Is there?
-
- That register is obselete. Since it's in "write" space, you can just ignore
- it completely.
-
- >d) (Not an autoconfig question, but I throw it in, as well...) How much
- > current can I draw from the A1000 expansion port? A somewhat suspect
- > source tells me 1A - is this correct?
-
- The A1000 specs permitted 1A from the expansion port. The A1000 supply was a
- bit overrated, something like 8A @ +5V, and the motherboard couldn't use more
- than 4 or so. If you don't have the system full of add-on goodies, you should
- not have a problem going a bit over 1A. I wouldn't suggest that for a
- commercial product, since you don't know what kind of setup the arbitrary
- user has, so the port limits prevent anyone from having to work out a power
- budget. For your own use, you can know just what's connected.
-
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