Acorn 65C102 Co-Processor User Guide

The 65C102 co-processor user guide is Acorn Computers' fitting and user guide for the internal 65C102 co-processor board (sales code ADC06) that turns a BBC Master 128 into a Master Turbo. It is part number 0443,030, issue 2, dated April 1986; the copyright page says it was first published in 1985. The hosted scan has 16 PDF pages and an OCR text layer.

Contents

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Contents (printed pages)
Section Page
Introduction: what a co-processor is; fitting a co-processor (warranty and anti-static warnings) 3
Figure 1: co-processor board outline over an issue 1 Master main board, sockets SK1 and SK2, support positions 1 to 6 4
Dismantling the microcomputer (four FIX screws, longer at the rear) 5
Installing the co-processor board (support posts, PL1 to SK1, PL2 to SK2); configuring with *CONFIGURE TUBE and INTUBE; start-up messages 5 to 7
Figure 2: memory map of the I/O processor and the co-processor 8
The *CONFIGURE command (TUBE, NOTUBE, INTUBE, EXTUBE) 9
System memory: distinguishing between memories (&FFFF0000 addresses for the I/O processor), BASIC indirection, OSWORD 5 and 6 9 to 11
The support disc: HiBASIC and HiEDIT (&B800 to &F7FF); the BUFFER printer buffer utility (about 24 KB, I/O memory &4000 to &8000) 11 to 13

What it does not contain

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The guide covers fitting and use only. There is no circuit diagram, parts list, power consumption figure or fault finding beyond checking the configuration with *STATUS and re-checking the fitting (p. 7). Fault finding for the internal co-processor is in section 7.13 of the BBC Master Series Service Manual, which also has no circuit or parts list for the co-processor board itself.

Pages that cite this document

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  • Acorn Master Turbo: fitting procedure, configuration commands, start-up banners, memory map and support disc.

Download: Acorn 65C102 Co-Processor User Guide.pdf

The figure 1 fitting diagram is also hosted as an image: File:Acorn 65C102 co-processor fitting diagram (user guide figure 1).png.