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Common Amiga Hardware Components

Contents

  • m68k_cpu.md — The Motorola 68000 family (68000 to 68060)
  • address_space.md — The 24-bit and 32-bit Amiga memory maps
  • memory_types.md — Chip RAM, Fast RAM, Slow RAM, and Ranger RAM
  • zorro_bus.md — Zorro II/III expansion architecture and PCI bridges
  • autoconfig.md — AutoConfig discovery protocol: CFGIN/CFGOUT chain, ExpansionRom, board enumeration
  • cia_chips.md — Complex Interface Adapters (8520): Timers, Parallel, Serial
  • gayle_ide_pcmcia.md — Gayle system controller: IDE and PCMCIA logic
  • floppy_hardware.md — MFM encoding, disk controller, and drive mechanics
  • dma_architecture.md — DMA architecture: scanline slot allocation, bus arbitration, even/odd interleaving, per-model bus widths, Buster/Ramsey/SDMAC, FMODE bandwidth, FPGA timing
  • video_timing.md — Video signal & system timing: crystal-to-CPU clock tree, beam counters, BEAMCON0, genlock overlay, video output signals, scandoublers
  • bus_architecture.md — Bus hierarchy, CPU bus cycles, register access patterns, accelerator bridges, cache coherency, cross-domain transfers, per-model address maps