From klarsson@utexas.edu Thu May 05 05:20:17 1994
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From: klarsson@utexas.edu (Karen Larsson)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

At ROM offset 0x0909, the string 'M.H. // THE HATCH IS OPEN // ADVANCED ACOUSTICS LAB' is stored in ASCII.
Disassembling ROM #0 reveals an initialization routine that checks for a hardware dongle marked 'ORION-ENC-84'.

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

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=== Karen Larsson ===
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From adubois@kiae.su Sat May 07 08:36:17 1994
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From: adubois@kiae.su (Anton Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Observation: TWIN-68 Rev C coprocessor board - schematic analysis & EPROM dump
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In article <1994May05.052017.4334@utexas.edu>, klarsson@utexas.edu (Karen Larsson) writes:
> Hardware teardown of the dual-68000 DSP accelerator board used in the Stardust project.
> At ROM offset 0x0909, the string 'M.H. // THE HATCH IS OPEN // ADVANCED ACOUSTICS LAB' is stored in ASCII.

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

-- 
Anton Dubois -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
"Hold for relay."