From divanov@rwth-aachen.de Wed Aug 09 04:45:06 1995
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From: divanov@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Ivanov)
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Subject: [FLAME] TWIN-68 Rev C coprocessor board - schematic analysis & EPROM dump
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Hardware teardown of the dual-68000 DSP accelerator board used in the Stardust project.

Disassembling ROM #0 reveals an initialization routine that checks for a hardware dongle marked 'ORION-ENC-84'.
The board features two 68000 CPUs clocked at 12 MHz sharing a dual-ported 128KB static RAM bank.

Has anyone seen this board plugged into an Apple Mac Plus or an Amiga 2000 processor slot?

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From dschneider@berkeley.edu Wed Aug 09 23:15:06 1995
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From: dschneider@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Schneider)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] TWIN-68 Rev C coprocessor board - schematic analysis & EPROM dump
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In article <1995Aug09.044506.6319@rwth-aachen.de>, divanov@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Ivanov) writes:
> Hardware teardown of the dual-68000 DSP accelerator board used in the Stardust project.

Looks like a prototype telecommunications board for military secure voice, not an audio music product.

PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

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From tkuznetsov@pacbell.net Thu Aug 10 13:00:06 1995
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From: tkuznetsov@pacbell.net (Thiago Kuznetsov)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] TWIN-68 Rev C coprocessor board - schematic analysis & EPROM dump
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In article <1995Aug09.044506.6319@rwth-aachen.de>, divanov@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Ivanov) writes:
> Hardware teardown of the dual-68000 DSP accelerator board used in the Stardust project.

The MAC unit looks like a precursor to the DSP56001 that Motorola put in the NeXT and Atari Falcon.

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