
SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
1.1
PURPOSE
This Manual
provides
the
technical
information
necessary
to
mstall,
uperate
dna maintair.
the
SUPER
SIX
singleboard
computer
by
Advanced Digital
Corporation.
1.2 EQUIPMENT OVER
VIEW
SUPER SIX,
produced
by Advanced
Digital
Corporation,
is
the
first
single board
computer
for
the
S-IOO bus running
at
6MHz. Without
the
S-100 bus
the
SUPER
SIX
can
also
run.
as
a
standalone
computer
executing
a single
user
CP/M 2.2
or
3.0,
or
a
multiuser
MP
/M,
OASIS,
or
TurboDOS
operating
system.
SUPER
SIX
runs
substantially
faster
than
any
other
S-l
00 single board
computer
a
vialable
in
the
market.
The SUPER
SIX
contains
the
following
set
of
capabilities:
1.
280B CPU
operating
at
6MH2
2. 128K
of
dynamic
bank
se
lect
RAM
arranged
in
16k
banks
3. Floppy Disk
Controller
which supports
the
8-inch
and 5.25-inch disk
drives
simultaniously
4.
2/4
K of shadow EPROM (Monitor)
5. 2
serial
I/O
(RS-232)
ports
offering
software
or
hardware
selectable
baud
rate,
280B DART
6. 2
parallel
ports
(280B PIO)
7.
Real
time
clock
(280B CTC)
8.
DM
A
controller
(280
DM
A)
9. Extended addressing: A16-A23
10. Single 5 volt supply on
board
11.
One-year
warranty
12.
Free
copy of CP/M 2.2 BIOS supplied.
* NOTE:
Items
5 and 6
require
external
adaptation
for
RS-232 and
Centronics.
The
adapter
boards
contain
a
DB-25
connector
on a 2-inch by 2-inch board
attached
to
the
back
panel·of
the
5-100
system
(MODEM and RS 422
Paddle
cards
are
also
available).
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