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**Commodore A2232 Serial Expansion Board** | **Commodore A2232 Serial Expansion Board** | ||
- | The A2232 Multiport Serial Card is a standard 100-pin Zorro II expansion card for the Amiga (A2000, A3000, A4000). It provides the Amiga with 7 additional | + | Launched in 1990, the A2232 is a standard 100-pin Zorro II expansion card for the big-box Amigas |
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+ | For more serial channels additional A2232 boards can be plugged into the system at the same time. Up to five boards | ||
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===== Hardware ===== | ===== Hardware ===== | ||
- | The A2232 has its own MOS 65CE20 processor running at 3.58 Mhz and 16 kB of RAM (addressable by the Amiga' | + | {{https:// |
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+ | The A2232 has its own MOS 65CE20 processor running at 3.58Mhz and has 16kB of RAM (addressable by the Amiga' | ||
There are at least two revisions of the board: | There are at least two revisions of the board: | ||
- | Rev 4 boards | + | * Rev 4 boards: 7x MOS Technology 6551 ACIA (Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter) |
- | Rev 6 boards | + | |
Silkscreen next to the Zorro connector says BERLIN/ | Silkscreen next to the Zorro connector says BERLIN/ | ||
- | The board originally | + | The board came with user manual |
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==== Enhancements and modifications ==== | ==== Enhancements and modifications ==== | ||
- | Up to 57600 on all ports using a custom device and hardware modification: | + | Up to 57600 on all ports using a custom device-file and hardware modification: |
- | Several sites also refer to mods for up to 115200 bps speeds (on all ports? Link?). Amiga.resource.cx also has a photo of a board with a title "Rev 6 board with RTS/CTS handshake mod". Another modification is to replace the 1.84 Mhz oscillator with a 3.68 Mhz one. This doubles the baud rates but the software won't know about this so the user must keep this in mind when using the board. | + | |
- | ===== Connectors, | + | Several sites also refer to mods for up to 115200 bps speeds (on all ports? Link?). |
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+ | Amiga.resource.cx also has a photo of a board with a title [[http:// | ||
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+ | Another modification is to replace the 1.84Mhz oscillator with a 3.68Mhz one. This doubles the baud rates but the software won't know about this so the user must keep this in mind when using the board. | ||
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+ | ==== Serial port pinouts and cables ==== | ||
The connector nearest to the Zorro connector of the board (leftmost) is the first serial port. | The connector nearest to the Zorro connector of the board (leftmost) is the first serial port. | ||
- | The board uses seven mini 8-pin DIN connectors (similar to the S-Video or PS/2, but more pins) to fit all the connectors to the end plate of a single expansion board. | + | The board uses seven mini 8-pin DIN connectors (similar to the serial ports in Apple Macintosh computers) to fit all the connectors to the end plate of a single expansion board. |
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- | //Editors notes: I had lot of problems finding a working pinout | + | // Thanks to mackbw on English Amiga Board forums for providing the pinouts |
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+ | ===== Using the serial ports ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Amix ==== | ||
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+ | In Amiga UNIX the first port of the A2232 is available | ||
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+ | Probably the main selling point of the A2232 was the ability | ||
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+ | Use the pmadm command to start a login shell at any of the serial ports: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | This enables a shell in the first port at the default speed of 9600 bps (the defaults are defined as the ' | ||
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+ | A real vintage dumb terminal (or a device like PockeTerm from Briel Computers (sadly no longer available)) or a modern PC with a serial port and a terminal emulator can be connected to the port and used to log into the machine. | ||
- | ===== Usage ===== | + | ==== Workbench |
- | In Workbench the ports can be accessed using the serial.device driver (ver 33.11 from 1990 and newer, install disk available at Amiga.resource.cx) with the following unit numbers: | + | In Workbench the ports can be accessed using the serial.device driver (ver 33.11 from 1990 and newer, install disk available at [[http:// |
<table label> | <table label> | ||
- | < | + | < |
- | |Unit 0|default | + | |Unit 0|default | |
|Unit 1|Amiga' | |Unit 1|Amiga' | ||
|Unit 2|A2232' | |Unit 2|A2232' | ||
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- | If several A2232 boards are installed, the second board' | + | Unit 0, the default setting can be set in Workbench' |
- | In Amiga UNIX, the first port of the A2232 is known as **/ | + | If several A2232 boards are installed (up to five), the second |
- | Probably the main selling point of the A2232 was the ability to connect several serial terminals to an AMIX machine. To start a login shell at any of the serial ports, use pmadm: **pmadm | + | ---- |
- | === Sources === | + | ===== Sources |
- | * A2232 System schematics | + | * A2232 System schematics |
* http:// | * http:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
* Wikimedia Commons (mini 8-pin DIN diagram) | * Wikimedia Commons (mini 8-pin DIN diagram) | ||
* Thanks to mackbw on English Amiga Board for information on the pinouts! | * Thanks to mackbw on English Amiga Board for information on the pinouts! |
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