Re: 8296 PLA Replacement

From: Mike Naberezny (mike_at_naberezny.com)
Date: 2008-09-18 19:03:54

Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> And some guys successfully replaced some PLA with an EPROM;
> a small wonder, because EPROMs have much longer access time than the
> signal propagation time in the PLA.

My 8296D had a bad PLA in UE5.  I recently replaced it with an EPROM using a 
small adapter: http://mikenaberezny.com/projects/pla-eprom/

The EPROM that I used is an AM27C512-45 (45ns) from AMD.  I compared the 
propagation delay table on its datasheet against the datasheet for the 
Signetics 82S100.

Chip Enable to Output on the 82S100 is typically 15ns, max 40ns.  The 
AM27C512-45 datasheet only gives max, 45ns.

Input to Output on the 82S100 is typically 35ns, max 80ns.  Address to Output 
on the AM27C512-45 datasheet only gives max, 45ns.

Of course, I do agree that any old EPROM is probably not suitable.  I think 
the AM27C512-45 is a viable replacement based on this data.  The computer 
works well with it installed.

Regards,
Mike

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Mike Naberezny (mike@naberezny.com) http://6502.org


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