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Re: PC Transporter Information



On Feb 6, 12:35 pm, A2Aviator <a2avia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The PC Transporter uses an NEC V30 which is pin for pin compatible
> with an 8086. The Math coprocessor was optional and for all intents,
> mostly useless for what most people did with this card.

How many 8086 instruction sets do CPU chip have on PC Transporter?  Is
CPU chip clone from Intel?  Do Math 8087 chip have additional
instruction sets such as floating registers?

> The CGA signals are available on the 10 pin header that goes to the
> video switch, I have the pinout someplace, but the binder containing
> it all is buried. It may also be in the manual that came in the box.

I see that video chip has logic to manipulate CGA.  Do it have ROM
chips?

> It's fairly easy to figure out as the 9 pin connector was just a crimp
> and it was pin 1 to 1, so by looking at the CGA pinout from a place
> like the Hardware Book (google HwB) you can associate the connector
> with an IDC crimp style one and get the proper pinout.