NEO-ZMC

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NEO-ZMC chip on a MVS cartridge. Picture courtesy of [MVS-Scans].

Z80 memory controller. Has a hardwired 32KiB bank and switchable 16/8/4/2KiB banks arranged as a register file. To save pins the high address lines (A15-A8) are used for data input. The chip's write strobe is (port) address decoded inside the console.

Pinout

File:Neo-zmc pinout.png

OpenOffice Draw file: File:Neo-zmc.odg

Operation

SDA10,SDA9,SDA8 are the bank selector and SDA1,SDA0 is the bank size selector

SDA1,SDA0 = 0,0 select bank ranges of 2Kbytes (64k M1)

SDA1,SDA0 = 0,1 select bank ranges of 4Kbytes (128k M1)

SDA1,SDA0 = 1,0 select bank ranges of 8Kbytes (256k M1)

SDA1,SDA0 = 1,1 select bank ranges of 16Kbytes (512k M1)


SDRD0 is the memory operation selector WRITE (set bank and range size) / READ (access M1 based in previous configuration)


Details:

We must put SDRD0 is in high logic level before configure any bank;


To configure a bank to be accessed (e.g. bank0):

Set SDRD0 from H to L (prepare for new bank configuration, let output in tri-state and accept inputs)

Set SDA[15..0] = $8003 (select bank 0 and 16k range size)

Set SDRD0 from L to H (fix bank, and ready to convert inputs in proper outputs signals)

With SDRD0 in H, send inputs SDA[15..0] from $8000~BFFF, ZMC will convert this range in M1 range from $00000~$03FFF;


Set SDRD0 from H to L (prepare for new bank configuration, let output in tri-state and accept inputs)

Set SDA[15..0] = $8103 (select bank 1 and 16k range size)

Set SDRD0 from L to H (fix bank, and ready to convert inputs in proper outputs signals)

With SDRD0 in H, send inputs SDA[15..0] from $8000~BFFF, ZMC will convert this range in M1 range from $04000~$07FFF;


Set SDRD0 from H to L (prepare for new bank configuration, let output in tri-state and accept inputs)

Set SDA[15..0] = $8203 (select bank 2 and 16k range size)

Set SDRD0 from L to H (fix bank, and ready to convert inputs in proper outputs signals)

With SDRD0 in H, send inputs SDA[15..0] from $8000~BFFF, ZMC will convert this range in M1 range from $08000~$0BFFF;


Set SDRD0 from H to L (prepare for new bank configuration, let output in tri-state and accept inputs)

Set SDA[15..0] = $8303 (select bank 3 and 16k range size)

Set SDRD0 from L to H (fix bank, and ready to convert inputs in proper outputs signals)

With SDRD0 in H, send inputs SDA[15..0] from $8000~BFFF, ZMC will convert this range in M1 range from $0C000~$0FFFF;

... and so on...


DWORD BANK RANGE
$8003 bank 00 $00000~$03FFF
$8103 bank 01 $04000~$07FFF
$8203 bank 02 $08000~$0BFFF
$8303 bank 03 $0C000~$0FFFF
$8403 bank 04 $10000~$13FFF
$8503 bank 05 $14000~$17FFF
$8603 bank 06 $18000~$1BFFF
$8703 bank 07 $1C000~$1FFFF
$8803 bank 08 $20000~$23FFF
$8903 bank 09 $24000~$27FFF
$8A03 bank 10 $28000~$2BFFF
$8B03 bank 11 $2C000~$2FFFF
$8C03 bank 12 $30000~$33FFF
$8D03 bank 13 $34000~$37FFF
$8E03 bank 14 $38000~$3BFFF
$8F03 bank 15 $3C000~$3FFFF
$9003 bank 16 $40000~$43FFF
$9103 bank 17 $40000~$47FFF
$9203 bank 18 $40000~$4BFFF
$9303 bank 19 $40000~$4FFFF
$9403 bank 20 $50000~$53FFF
$9503 bank 21 $54000~$57FFF
$9603 bank 22 $58000~$5BFFF
$9703 bank 23 $5C000~$5FFFF
$9803 bank 24 $60000~$63FFF
$9903 bank 25 $64000~$67FFF
$9A03 bank 26 $68000~$6BFFF
$9B03 bank 27 $6C000~$6FFFF
$9C03 bank 28 $70000~$73FFF
$9D03 bank 29 $74000~$77FFF
$9E03 bank 30 $78000~$7BFFF
$9F03 bank 31 $7C000~$7FFFF