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From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re:  Intel-based floppy controller
Message-ID: <4242@acorn.co.uk>
Date: 30 Nov 90 13:28:38 GMT
References: <9011280218.AA24024@Shiva.COM>
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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In article <9011280218.AA24024@Shiva.COM> phil@Shiva.COM (Phil Budne) writes:
>I know Jerry ran out of gas on this project but...
>
>I've recently found out about the Zilog Z80180 (aka Z180) which is a
> [ ... ]
>The Z181 "SAC" Smart Access Controller adds half an SCC (one channel)
>an Z80 CTC (4 8 bit counter/timers), 2 8 bit general purpose parallel
>I/O ports and two chip select signals in a 100 pin QFP! It is
>available with a 10Mhz system clock. Cost: about $15.


A few months ago when I heard of the SAC, the Zilog rep was also pre-announcing
a similar chip with half an SCC *and* a 5380 controller.

This seemed to be for an appletalk:SCSI interface, but I'm sure a SCSI:appletalk
interface would work even better, given the relative transfer rates.

A packet-radio controller on SCSI might also suit this device well.

-adrian

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Adrian Godwin                                        (agodwin@acorn.co.uk)