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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
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How do I reliably detect 6581/8580 sid?
There was an article in C=Hacking, but that does not work very well in VICE for example.
Maybe VICE's emulation is borked though.
I remember seeing a detailed analysis of the waveforms somewhere, but I can't seem to find it now.
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
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@Necronomfive: Do you have any detailed info about the HMOS-II process? Is it a CMOS variant?
The statement about greatly reduced power consumption suggests it... |
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Necronomfive
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Quote: @Necronomfive: Do you have any detailed info about the HMOS-II process? Is it a CMOS variant?
The statement about greatly reduced power consumption suggests it...
It´s actually funny, because HMOS stands for high-speed NMOS, which trades higher speed for higher power consumption. I think the statement about greatly reduced power consumptions refers to the reworked amplifier/filter circuits, which need 9V in the 8580/6582 contrary to the 12V in the 6581.
Most probably know it, but you can have an interesting look on the SID dies here at this site: http://sid.kubarth.com/ |
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tlr
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Quote: It´s actually funny, because HMOS stands for high-speed NMOS, which trades higher speed for higher power consumption. I think the statement about greatly reduced power consumptions refers to the reworked amplifier/filter circuits, which need 9V in the 8580/6582 contrary to the 12V in the 6581.
Most probably know it, but you can have an interesting look on the SID dies here at this site: http://sid.kubarth.com/
High-speed according to Wikipedia, yes. It can also stand for High-density CMOS. Also HMOS-II is obviously an improvement over HMOS.
I agree about the 9V/12V though.
Great link! I hadn't seen that sid-page actually.
Thanks!
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Necronomfive
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Quote: High-speed according to Wikipedia, yes. It can also stand for High-density CMOS. Also HMOS-II is obviously an improvement over HMOS.
I agree about the 9V/12V though.
Great link! I hadn't seen that sid-page actually.
Thanks!
However, MOS/CSG NEVER produced any CMOS VLSI´s, since Commodore did not care to invest any money to modernize the chip plants. The C64 was selling like hot cakes, so why bother?
They renamed HMOS to HMOS-II, because the only chips produced at their plants in HMOS (73xx series) ran unreliable and died easily. The first batches of C16/C116/Plus/4 Chips were done in that process. They improved that process and called it HMOS-II (83xx, 85xx series)
This is the reason, why the 8361 Agnus in the Amiga 1000 had only 48 pins and needed LOTS of TTL/GAL supply logic on the mainboard, because they WERE NOT ABLE(!) to bond PLCC84 packages at this time, because they were still using the old equipment from the seventies for chip fabrication. After 1987, they never produced anything above PLCC84. The only CMOS Chips in the AGA Chipset were done by other companies (VLSI, HP), since CSG could not handle it.
Glad you like the page. :) |
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Raf
Registered: Nov 2003
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by the way how about 6582? can it also be recognized this way? and what's actual difference among 6581 and 8580? I've heard 6582 is NMOS 8580 made after 1991 to replace old 6581 , but this seems to be fake as I've found a photo of 6582 from 1986... never seen or heard 6582 live though... |
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Necronomfive
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Quote: by the way how about 6582? can it also be recognized this way? and what's actual difference among 6581 and 8580? I've heard 6582 is NMOS 8580 made after 1991 to replace old 6581 , but this seems to be fake as I've found a photo of 6582 from 1986... never seen or heard 6582 live though...
There is no audible difference between 6582 and 8580. Both Chips share the same design, have the same filter characteristics, the same sample "fix", and seem to have come out around the same time (1986). Why they actually labelled the same design under 2 different names is really beyond me, since labelling it 6582 bears the danger to confuse it with the 6581 and put it into the same socket.... |
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Steppe
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So the rumour that 6582 is essentially an 8580 with digi-capabilities is wrong? |
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Necronomfive
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Quote: So the rumour that 6582 is essentially an 8580 with digi-capabilities is wrong?
Yes. When Jens (Schönfeld) got a batch of 6582 chips, the tests turned out really disappointing. The 6582 is just an ultrare package variant of the 8580. |
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Hoogo
Registered: Jun 2002
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I remember a very different way how to distinguish betwenn old and new sid. The sid does not support reading from his normal registers, but still you can read a written value for a while. That time is different for old and new sid. |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
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@Hoogo: I remember that too.
It surely won't work in VICE though. |
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