ARC - Alternative to R-Time 8

I have not Built this yet So do so at your own risqué

Probably all of you have heard of the watch R-Time 8 that its owner does not disputed lucky. Some time ago I had a chance to hold it in my hands and cacuszko zrysować scheme. Everyone probably going to think: "It is a scheme to do so." Unfortunately, the scheme will not work. The reason is simple: you can not get anywhere R-Time8 heart - the main Time Chip! So nothing can be done? You can. Atari Real Clock is a clock designed for the availability of, as the main system countdown is identical to that used in Amiga computers. In addition, the handler was written by Qcyka / Dial ARC for working with SpartaDos X. Handler is of course to download ( arclock.zip ).

Parts List

· RTC72421 or M6242b

· 74LS138 or 74HCT138

· 32768Hz Crystal (X1)

· Capacitors:

o (C1)20pF

o (C2)4.7pF

o 100nF

o 10uF (tantalum)

o (C3) 7/30pF trimmer

· Resistors

o 47 ohm

o 470 ohm

· 1n4148 diode (schottky diode Bat42) units 1 and 2 (see diagram)

· Battery 3 volt or 3.6 volt Button cell

· Accessories:

o 2" by 3" perf board

o Mounting hardware

o Solder

o Kynar wire

o Battery Sockets

Figure 1 Schematic ARC - Part Home

From the top I would recommend a third, because the first two can cause a lot of problems.

Fig.2 Schematic ARC - address decoder

I'm not going to describe in turn how to connect the Atari system bus, because it is very simple. All the necessary signals (D0-D3, A0-A7, RW, O2, D5XX = CCTL, power) are on the cartridge slot, which leads somewhere unless you have written out. The internal version of the signals are needed (except one) on Pokey or Antic. This one (D5XX) is the 10th pin of the 74LS138 (HCT138, HCTLS138). That's it for installation.

Fig.3 Schematic ARC - and maintain systems) with battery, b) accumulator

How does it work so ...

The clock has sixteen registers located at addresses czterobitowych $ D520-$ D52F. Address from this range 74HCT138 decodes the system and the RTC itself. Depending on the state of the line IOR and IOW given system or records, or it reads. Quartz plus capacitors clock the timer. Power does not need any comment ... And that's it.

ARC and internal SpartaDos

Internal SpartaDos X (internal SDX) from version 1.1 has the ability to work with ARC clock. This allows the elimination of the address decoder (74LS138), because that was implemented in the interior of the GAL-a internal SDX. Figure 4 shows part of the scheme, showing that the tip of the GAL20V8 the IOR and IOW signals are connected directly to RTC72421 or M6242B.

Fig.4 internal SDX and ARC (1)

The combination of ARC intSDX adds to the pin 2 of the RTC signal (CS) must be permanently connected to ground or use it to hedge against a possible erasure clock registers when power is turned on or off Atari. In such a system to be used in addition CMOS 4093, and in fact one of the gateway system. And another small note: the input of the other goals is 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13 of the 4093 must be connected to ground or VDD.

Fig.5 internal SDX and ARC (2)

Additionally, you can disable the timer (eg when running a tab) shorting inputs 1 and 2 goals to the ground.

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