6309E Serial Port Computer

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Martin A
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6309E Serial Port Computer

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Amongst the parts supplied by Lez, I received a 6309E, 6850ACIA and a max232.

Ideal for building one of Grant Searle's serial port connected computers running BASIC

http://searle.hostei.com/grant/6809/Simple6809.html

The 6309E is pin and software compatible with the 6809E, so all I had to do was add the external clock parts, which the 6809 in Grant's design doesn't need, and 8 IC's later I have a basic, BASIC computer, and plenty of room on the eurocard sized board for any extra bits I feel like adding.
Not a whole lot of wiring, once the ACIA,CPU and memory are linked up
Not a whole lot of wiring, once the ACIA,CPU and memory are linked up
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View from the top with the power on
View from the top with the power on
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This is what the terminal Software on the PC displays
This is what the terminal Software on the PC displays
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The source code for the rom, links to the assembler and other useful bits are all on Grant's pages.
lezanderson
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Re: 6309E Serial Port Computer

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Good to see the ICs being used.....

Would look great with a V9958 board attached... sort of a Super Ultim809.. :D
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Re: 6309E Serial Port Computer

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Great stuff there Martin :D

What circuit did you use for the Q and E clock ?

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Martin A
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Re: 6309E Serial Port Computer

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I got the Q E circuit from the 6309E data sheet, it was a little bit simpler than the 6809E version

Since the 74LS76 seems to be obsolete, I used a 74HC109 instead. The K input is inverted, but I had some spare gates on the HC04 next door to invert that input.
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