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Engineering Hardware Specification of the Atari ST Computer System 7 January 1986 1 THE SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT is limited to a description of the ST computer system hardware characteristics and idiosyncrasies. This document does not provide a detailed description of ST component parts, peripheral devices, dev- ice protocols, or software. References are provided for detailed inquiry. _1. _S_y_s_t_e_m _A_r_c_h_i_t_e_c_t_u_r_e ---------- ---------- |Graphics | |Music | |Subsystem | |Subsystem | ---------- ---------- | | | ---------- | --------| Main |-------- | System | ---------- | | ---------- The ST --------|Device | |Subsystems| ---------- The hardware architecture of the Atari Corporation ST (Sixteen/Thirty-two) computer system consists of a main sys- tem, a graphics subsystem, a music subsystem, and several device subsystems (most of the device subsystems require ST resident intelligence). The ST is based on the MC68000 16 bit data/24 bit address microprocessor unit capable of directly accessing up to 16 Mbytes of ROM and RAM memory. Hardware features of the ST computer system include: Main System o 16 bit data/24 bit address 8 MHz microprocessor unit o 192 Kbyte ROM, cartridge expandable to 320 Kbyte o 512 Kbyte RAM or 1 Mbyte RAM o direct memory access support Graphics Subsystem o 32 Kbyte BitMap video display memory (from above) o 320 x 200 pixel, 16 color palette from 512 selections o 640 x 200 pixel, 4 color palette from 512 selections o 640 x 400 pixel, monochrome Music Subsystem o programmable sound synthesizer o musical instrument network communication Device Subsystems o intelligent keyboard o two button mouse o RGB color and monochrome monitor interfaces o printer parallel interface o RS232 serial interface o MIDI musical instrument interface o on board floppy disk controller and DMA interface o hard disk drive DMA interface The following is a simplified hardware system block diagram of the Atari ST: --------------- | MC68000 MPU |<-- | | | --------------- | | ---------- |<------------------------>|192 Kbyte |<--->EXPAN ---------|------------------------->| ROM | | | ---------- | | ---------- | | |512K or 1M| | | -->| byte RAM |<-- ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | | Control |<----->|<----->| Memory |<-- | | Logic |-------|------>|Controller|<-- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ||||| | ---------- -->| Video |<-- RF MOD ||||| |<----->| Buffers |<----->| Shifter |---->RGB ||||| | | | ---------- MONO ||||| | ---------- ||||| | ---------- ---------- ||||| |<----->| MC6850 |<----->| Keyboard |<--->IKBD |||| ------------|------>| ACIA | | Port | |||| | ---------- ---------- |||| | ---------- ---------- |||| |<----->| MC6850 |<----->| MIDI |---->OUT/THRU ||| -------------|------>| ACIA | | Ports |<----IN ||| | ---------- ---------- ||| | ---------- ---------- ||| |<----->| MK68901 |<----->| RS232 |<--->MODEM || --------------|------>| MFP |<-- | Port | || | ---------- | ---------- || | | ---------- || | ---| Parallel |<--->PRINTER || | -->| Port | || | ---------- | ---------- || |<----->| YM-2149 |<-- ---------- | ---------------|------>| PSG |------>| Sound |---->AUDIO | | | |--- | Channels | | | ---------- | ---------- | | | ---------- | | ---------- -->| Floppy |<--->FLOPPY | |<------| WD1772 |<----->|Disk Port | DRIVE | | -->| FDC | ---------- | | | ---------- | | | ---------- ---------- | | -->| DMA |<----->|Hard Disk |<--->HARD | |<----->|Controller| | Port | DRIVE ----------------------->| | ---------- ---------- _2. _M_a_i_n _S_y_s_t_e_m ---------- ---------- | | | | | | | | ---------- ---------- | | | ---------- | --------| Main |-------- | System | ---------- | | ---------- --------| | | | ---------- The main system includes the microprocessor unit, main memory (both ROM and RAM), and general purpose DMA con- troller. The main system is limited to memory expansion only and should not be considered an open system (except via the high speed device interfaces). _2._1. _M_i_c_r_o_p_r_o_c_e_s_s_o_r _U_n_i_t The ST computer system is based on an 8 MHz MC68000 16 bit data/24 bit address microprocessor unit (with an inter- nal 32 bit architecture). Some features of the MC68000 are: eight 32 bit data registers, nine 32 bit address registers, a 16 Mbyte direct addressing range, 14 addressing modes, memory mapped I/O, five data types, and a 56 instruction set. The MPU is directly supported by an MK68901 Multi Function Peripheral providing general purpose interrupt con- trol and timers, among other things. _2._2. _M_e_m_o_r_y _C_o_n_f_i_g_u_r_a_t_i_o_n The configuration of main memory consists of five 64 Kbyte sets of ROM (standard set0 to set2, expansion set3 and set4) and one configurable bank (standard bank0) of 128 Kbyte, 512 Kbyte, or 2 Mbyte RAM. The configuration of main memory ROM is ascertained through software identification. The configuration of main memory RAM is achieved via the programming of the Memory Configuration Register (read/write, reset: all zeros). RAM configuration must be asserted during the first steps of the power up sequence and can be determined by using the following shadow test algo- rithm: START o write 0x000a (2 Mbyte, 2 Mbyte) to the Memory Configuration Register. BANK0 o write Pattern to 0x000000 - 0x0001ff. o read Pattern from 0x000200 - 0x0003ff. o if Match, then Bank0 contains 128 Kbyte; goto BANK1. o read Pattern from 0x000400 - 0x0005ff. o if Match, then Bank0 contains 512 Kbyte; goto BANK1. o read Pattern from 0x000000 - 0x0001ff. o if Match, then Bank0 contains 2 Mbyte; goto BANK1. o panic: RAM error in Bank0. BANK1 o write Pattern to 0x200000 - 0x2001ff. o read Pattern from 0x200200 - 0x2003ff. o if Match, then Bank1 contains 128 Kbyte; goto FIN. o read Pattern from 0x200400 - 0x2005ff. o if Match, then Bank1 contains 512 Kbyte; goto FIN. o read Pattern from 0x200000 - 0x2001ff. o if Match, then Bank1 contains 2 Mbyte; goto FIN. o note: Bank1 nonexistent. FIN o write Configuration to the Memory Configuration Register. o note Total Memory Size (Top of RAM) for future reference. RAM memory access cycles are interleaved between the microprocessor unit and the video controller, thus allowing video display memory to reside efficiently as part of main memory (the MPU still maintains full memory bandwidth). _2._3. _D_i_r_e_c_t _M_e_m_o_r_y _A_c_c_e_s_s A direct main memory RAM access channel is shared to provide support for both low speed (250 to 500 Kbits/sec) and high speed (up to 12 Mbits/sec) 8 bit device controll- ers. The base address for the DMA read or write operation is loaded into the DMA Base Address and Counter Register (read/write, reset: all zeros). Since only one counter register and channel is provided, only one DMA operation can be executed at a time. The actual DMA operation is performed through a 32 byte FIFO programmed via the DMA Mode Control Register (word access write only, reset: not affected) and DMA Sector Count Register (word access write only, reset: all zeros). The progress, success, or failure of a DMA operation is reported through the DMA Status Register (word access read only, reset: one) which is cleared by toggling Write/_Read in the DMA Mode Control Register. Bus accesses are granted to the DMA controller and MC68000 MPU on an egalitarian first come, first served basis. The access remains in effect until an operation is complete or until control is otherwise relinquished. _3. _G_r_a_p_h_i_c_s _S_u_b_s_y_s_t_e_m ---------- ---------- |Graphics | | | |Subsystem | | | ---------- ---------- | | | ---------- | --------| |-------- | | ---------- | | ---------- --------| | | | ---------- The basic components of the graphics subsystem are video display memory and the video controller. The defini- tions of BitMap, BitBlk, BitBlt, coordinate system, and color model are left to higher logical (software) levels of system specification. _3._1. _V_i_d_e_o _D_i_s_p_l_a_y _M_e_m_o_r_y Video display memory is configured as n logical planes interwoven by 16 bit words into contiguous memory to form one 32 Kbyte (actually 0x7d00) physical plane starting at any 256 byte half page boundary (in RAM only). The starting address of display memory is placed in the Video Base Address Register (read/write, reset: all zeros) which is then loaded into the Video Address Counter Register (read only, reset: all zeros) and incremented. The following is a diagram of possible physical configurations of video display memory: -------- 16 bit word | | -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 4 plane |plane 0 |plane 1 |plane 2 |plane 3 |plane 0 | -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 2 plane |plane 0 |plane 1 |plane 0 |plane 1 |plane 0 | -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 1 plane |plane 0 |plane 0 |plane 0 |plane 0 |plane 0 | -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Display memory resides as part of main memory and has an identical bit, byte, and word arrangement with the physi- cal screen origin located at top left (bit 15): high low -------- -------- word 0 | byte 0 | byte 1 | -------- -------- fedcba98 76543210 _3._2. _V_i_d_e_o _C_o_n_f_i_g_u_r_a_t_i_o_n The ST possesses three modes of video configuration: 320 x 200 resolution with 4 planes, 640 x 200 resolution with 2 planes, and 640 x 400 resolution with 1 plane. The modes are set through the Shift Mode Register (read/write, reset: all zeros). A sixteen word color lookup palette is provided with nine bits of color per entry. The sixteen Color Palette Registers (read/write, reset: not affected) contain three bits of red, green, and blue aligned on low nibble boundaries. Eight intensity levels of red, eight intensity levels of green, and eight intensity levels of blue produce a total of 512 possible colors. In 320 x 200 4 plane mode all sixteen palette colors can be indexed, while in 640 x 200 2 plane mode only the first four palette entries are applicable. In 640 x 400 monochrome mode the color palette is bypassed altogether and is instead provided with an inverter for inverse video con- trolled by bit 0 of palette color 0 (normal video is black 0, white 1). Color palette memory is arranged the same as main memory. Palette color 0 is also used to assign a border color while in a multi-plane mode. In monochrome mode the border color is always black. The general flow of the video controller is as follows: BitMap planes are taken a word at a time from video display memory and placed in the video shift register where one bit from each plane is shifted out and collectively used as an index (plane 0 is the least significant bit) to a color lookup palette entry which is supplied to 3 bit digital to analog converters to produce RGB output. The following is a block diagram of the video controller: ----- Video Controller Block Diagram --------------- -------- -------- -------- lsb -------- | 3 |---- -->|0 1 2 3 |----->| 0 |----->| 16 x 9 |- -------- | | | | | 1 |----->| Lookup |-|->R | 2 |------ | | | 2 |----->| |- -------- | | | | | | 3 |----->| |- | 1 |-------- | | | |-- | |-|->G -------- | |- | -------- -------- | | |- | 0 |---------- | | |- | | |- | | |-|->B | | | | | |- | |- | -------- | | | -------- -------- -->|Inverter|->MONO -------- Logical BitMap Video Display Video Shift Color Palette Planes Memory Register and 3 Bit DACs _4. _M_u_s_i_c _S_u_b_s_y_s_t_e_m ---------- ---------- | | |Music | | | |Subsystem | ---------- ---------- | | | ---------- | --------| |-------- | | ---------- | | ---------- --------| | | | ---------- The ST music subsystem is composed of a programmable sound synthesizer and a musical instrument serial interface. The interface provides high speed serial communication of musical data to and from more sophisticated synthesizer dev- ice subsystems. _4._1. _S_o_u_n_d _S_y_n_t_h_e_s_i_z_e_r The YM-2149 Programmable Sound Generator produces music synthesis, sound effects, and audio feedback (eg alarms and key clicks). With an applied clock input of 2 MHz, the PSG is capable of providing a frequency response range between 30 Hz (audible) and 125 KHz (post-audible). The generator places a minimal amount of processing burden on the main system (which acts as the sequencer) and has the ability to perform using three independent voice channels. The three sound channel outputs are mixed, along with Audio In, and sent to an external television or monitor speaker (the PSG has built in digital to analog converters). The sound generator's internal registers are accessed via the PSG Register Select Register (write only, reset: registers all zeros). The tone generator registers control a basic square wave while the noise generator register con- trols a frequency modulated square wave of pseudo random pulse width. Tones and noise can be mixed over individual channels by using the mixer control register. The amplitude registers allow the specification of a fixed amplitude or of a variable amplitude when used with the envelope generator. The envelope generator registers permit the entry of a skewed attack-decay-sustain-release envelope in the form of a continue-attack-alternate-hold envelope. _4._2. _M_u_s_i_c_a_l _I_n_s_t_r_u_m_e_n_t _C_o_m_m_u_n_i_c_a_t_i_o_n The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) allows the integration of the ST with music synthesizers, sequenc- ers, drum boxes, and other devices possessing MIDI inter- faces. High speed (31.25 Kbaud) serial communication of keyboard and program information is provided by two ports, MIDI OUT and MIDI IN (MIDI OUT also supports the optional MIDI THRU port). The MIDI bus permits up to 16 channels in one of three network addressing modes: Omni (all units addressed simul- taneously, power up default), Poly (each unit addressed separately), and Mono (each unit voice addressed separately). Information is communicated via five types of data format (data bytes, most significant bit: status 1, data 0) which are prioritized from highest to lowest as: System Reset (default conditions, should not be sent on power up to avoid deadlock), System Exclusive (manufacturer unique data: Sequential Circuits, Kawai, Roland, Korg, Yamaha), System Real Time (synchronization), System Common (broadcast), and Channel (note selections, program data, etc). _5. _D_e_v_i_c_e _S_u_b_s_y_s_t_e_m_s ---------- ---------- | | | | | | | | ---------- ---------- | | | ---------- | --------| |-------- | | ---------- | | ---------- --------|Device | |Subsystems| ---------- The ST supports seven device subsystems: an intelli- gent keyboard, video interface, parallel interface, RS232 interface, MIDI interface, floppy disk interface, and hard disk interface. Included with each device interface description is a port pin assignment chart with the ST and programmable signals justified left (pins that are not con- nected are not shown). The connector type on the ST is shown above each pin list with an S designating a female socket and a P designating a male plug. _5._1. _I_n_t_e_l_l_i_g_e_n_t _K_e_y_b_o_a_r_d The Atari Intelligent Keyboard (ikbd) transmits encoded make/break key scan codes (with two key rollover), mouse/trackball data, joystick data, and time of day. The ikbd receives commands as well, with bidirectional communi- cation controlled on the ST side by an MC6850 Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter supplied with transmit and receive clock inputs of 500 KHz. The data transfer rate is a constant 7812.5 bits/sec which can be generated by setting the ACIA Counter Divide Select to divide by 64. All ikbd functions such as key scanning, mouse tracking, command parsing, etc. are performed by a 1 MHz HD6301V1 8 bit Micro- computer Unit. The ikbd is equipped with a combination mouse/joystick port and a joystick only port. The Atari Two Button Mouse is a mechanical, opto-mechanical, or optical mouse with the following minimal performance characteristics: a resolution of 100 counts/inch (4 counts/mm), a maximum velocity of 10 inches/second (250 mm/second), and a maximum pulse phase error of 50 percent. The Atari Joystick is a 4 direction switch-type joystick with one fire button. The ikbd can report movement using one of three mouse/joystick modes: mouse with joystick, disabled mouse with joystick, and joys- tick with joystick. ----- Mouse/Joystick0 Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DB 9P ---- ---- IKBD MATRIX 1 |<--- XB Pulse / Up Switch --------| IKBD MATRIX 2 |<--- XA Pulse / Down Switch ------| IKBD MATRIX 3 |<--- YA Pulse / Left Switch ------| IKBD MATRIX 4 |<--- YB Pulse / Right Switch -----| IKBD MCU 6 |<--- Left Button / Fire Button ---| 7 |---- Power ---------------------->| 8 |---- Ground ----------------------| IKBD MCU 9 |<--- Right Button / Joy1 Fire ----| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics mouse pins 1-4 TTL levels. joystick0 pins 1-4 TTL levels. pin 6 TTL levels, closure to ground. pin 7 +5 VDC. pin 9 TTL levels, closure to ground. Mouse Phase Directions POSITIVE RIGHT (UP) NEGATIVE LEFT (DOWN) . ----- ----- ----- ----- XA (YA) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . -- ----- ----- ----- ----- -- . ----- ----- ----- ----- XB (YB) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . ----- ----- -- -- ----- ----- ----- Joystick1 Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DB 9P ---- ---- IKBD MATRIX 1 |<--- Up Switch -------------------| IKBD MATRIX 2 |<--- Down Switch -----------------| IKBD MATRIX 3 |<--- Left Switch -----------------| IKBD MATRIX 4 |<--- Right Switch ----------------| IKBD MCU 6 |<--- Fire Button -----------------| 7 |---- Power ---------------------->| 8 |---- Ground ----------------------| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics pins 1-4,6 TTL levels. pin 7 +5 VDC. _5._2. _V_i_d_e_o _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e The ST video display interface supports low resolution (320 x 200 or 640 x 200) television receivers and composite monitors, low resolution (320 x 200 or 640 x 200) RGB moni- tors, and medium resolution (640 x 400) monochrome monitors. Both NTSC and PAL color encoding standards are available in two separate configurations of the video interface hardware. For United States television receivers, the modulated RF display signal is provided on two adjacent broadcast chan- nels: channel 2 (55.25 MHz) and channel 3 (61.25 MHz). In order to protect against monitor damage while in medium resolution monochrome mode, the Monochrome Monitor Detect signal is provided as an interrupt on the MK68901 Multi Function Peripheral and can be tested to determine the pres- ence of a monochrome monitor (active low, any change will generate the interrupt if enabled). External/Internal syncs and 50/60 Hz field rates are selected via the Sync Mode Register (read/write, reset: all zeros). The YM-2149 Programmable Sound Generator I/O Port A provides a General Purpose Output for use in the control of functions such as the remote selection of monitor external or internal sync. Two autovector interrupts are generated to allow software synchronization with horizontal and verti- cal blanking intervals. The Horizontal Blanking (down) Counter MFP Timer B has an active high input signal and pro- duces an interrupt when the counter times out (Event Count Mode). The horizontal blanking counter actually uses display enable, the first of which occurs at the end of the first display line. The video display shift mode should be selected during the vertical blanking interval. ----- Video Port Pin Assignments --------------- Television ST RCA Pin Jack ---- ---- core |---- RF Modulated Video --------->| shield |---- Ground ----------------------| ---- ---- Monitor ST Circular DIN 13S ---- ---- 1 |---- Audio Out ------------------>| 2 |---- Composite Video ------------>| PSG I/O A 3 |---- General Purpose Output ----->| MFP 4 |<--- Monochrome Detect -----------| 5 |<--- Audio In --------------------| 6 |---- Green ---------------------->| 7 |---- Red ------------------------>| 8 |---- Peritel Power -------------->| 9 |---- Horizontal Sync ------------>| 10 |---- Blue ----------------------->| 11 |---- Monochrome ----------------->| 12 |---- Vertical Sync -------------->| 13 |---- Ground ----------------------| Signal Characteristics pin 1 1 VDC peak to peak, 10 Kohm. pin 2 1 VDC peak to peak, 75 ohm. pin 3 TTL levels, assertion not assigned. pin 4 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. pin 5 1 VDC peak to peak, 10 Kohm. pins 6-7 1 VDC peak to peak, 75 ohm. pin 8 +12 VDC pullup. pin 9 5 VDC active low, 3.3 Kohm. pin 10 1 VDC peak to peak, 75 ohm. pin 11 1 VDC peak to peak, 75 ohm. pin 12 5 VDC active low, 3.3 Kohm. _5._3. _P_a_r_a_l_l_e_l _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e The ST parallel interface supports Centronics STROBE from the YM-2149 PSG for data synchronization and Centronics BUSY to the MK68901 MFP (ACKNLG is not supported) for handshaking. Eight bits of read/write data are handled through I/O Port B on the PSG at a typical data transfer rate of 4000 bytes/second. ----- Parallel Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DB 25S ---- ---- PSG I/O A 1 |---- Centronics STROBE ---------->| PSG I/O B 2 |<--- Data 0 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 3 |<--- Data 1 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 4 |<--- Data 2 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 5 |<--- Data 3 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 6 |<--- Data 4 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 7 |<--- Data 5 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 8 |<--- Data 6 --------------------->| PSG I/O B 9 |<--- Data 7 --------------------->| MFP 11 |<--- Centronics BUSY -------------| 18-25 |---- Ground ----------------------| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics pin 1 TTL levels, active low. pins 2-9 TTL levels. pin 11 TTL levels, active high, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. _5._4. _R_S_2_3_2 _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e The ST RS232 interface provides voltage level synchro- nous or asynchronous serial communication. Five EIA RS232C handshake control signals are supported: Request To Send and Data Terminal Ready are transmitted through the YM-2149 PSG I/O Port A while Clear To Send, Data Carrier Detect, and Ring Indicator are received through the MK68901 MFP. The MFP USART transmit and receive clock inputs are controlled by the Baud Rate Generator MFP Timer D which is supplied with 2.4576 MHz and can support asynchronous data transfer rates from 50 to 19200 baud. One byte transmit and receive data buffers are managed by the MFP USART, which provides monitoring of buffer conditions and communication errors. ----- RS232 Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DB 25P ---- ---- 1 |---- Protective Ground -----------| MFP 2 |---- Transmitted Data ----------->| MFP 3 |<--- Received Data ---------------| PSG I/O A 4 |---- Request To Send ------------>| MFP 5 |<--- Clear To Send ---------------| 7 |---- Signal Ground ---------------| MFP 8 |<--- Data Carrier Detect ---------| PSG I/O A 20 |---- Data Terminal Ready -------->| MFP 22 |<--- Ring Indicator --------------| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics pins 2-5 RS232C levels. pins 8,20,22 RS232C levels. _5._5. _M_I_D_I _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e The ST MIDI interface provides current loop asynchro- nous serial communication controlled by an MC6850 ACIA sup- plied with transmit and receive clock inputs of 500 KHz. The data transfer rate is a constant 31.25 Kbaud which can be generated by setting the ACIA Counter Divide Select to divide by 16. The MIDI specification calls for serial data to consist of eight data bits preceded by a start bit and followed by one stop bit. ----- MIDI Port Pin Assignments --------------- MIDI OUT/THRU ST Circular DIN 5S ---- ---- MIDI IN 1 |---- THRU Transmit Data --------->| 2 |---- Shield Ground ---------------| 3 |<--- THRU Loop Return ------------| MIDI ACIA 4 |---- OUT Transmit Data ---------->| 5 |<--- OUT Loop Return -------------| ---- ---- MIDI IN ST Circular DIN 5S ---- ---- MIDI ACIA 4 |<--- IN Receive Data -------------| 5 |---- IN Loop Return ------------->| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics current loop 5 ma, zero is current on. _5._6. _D_i_s_k _D_r_i_v_e _I_n_t_e_r_f_a_c_e The ST floppy disk drive interface is provided through the DMA controller to an on board WD1772 Floppy Disk Con- troller. A total of two daisy chained floppy disk drives (drive 0 or 1) can be supported. Commands are sent to the FDC by first writing to the DMA Mode Control Register to select the FDC internal command register and then writing the desired one byte command to the Disk Controller Regis- ter. The entire floppy disk DMA read or write sequence is as follows: o select floppy drive 0 or 1 (PSG I/O Port A). o select floppy side 0 or 1 (PSG I/O Port A). o load DMA Base Address and Counter Register. o toggle Write/_Read to clear status (DMA Mode Control Register). o select DMA read or write (DMA Mode Control Register). o select DMA Sector Count Register (DMA Mode Control Register). o load DMA Sector Count Register (DMA operation trigger). o select FDC internal command register (DMA Mode Control Register). o issue FDC read or write command (Disk Controller Register). o DMA active until sector count is zero (DMA Status Register, do not poll during DMA active). o issue FDC force interrupt command on multi-sector transfers except at track boundaries (Disk Controller Register). o check DMA error status (DMA Status Register, nondestructive). The detection of floppy disk removal is not supported in hardware. The ST hard disk drive interface is also provided through the DMA controller, however the Atari Hard Disk Con- troller is off board and is sent commands using an ANSI X3T9.2 SCSI-like (Small Computer Systems Interface) command descriptor block protocol. The Atari Hard Disk Interface (AHDI) supports a minimal subset of SCSI commands (Class 0 OpCodes), which are dispatched using the following fixed six byte Atari Computer System Interface (ACSI) command packet format: ----- ACSI Command Descriptor Block --------------- Byte 0 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| ||| -------- Operation Code ----------- Controller Number Byte 1 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| |||--------- Block Address High ----------- Device Number Byte 2 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| ----------- Block Address Mid Byte 3 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| ----------- Block Address Low Byte 4 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| ----------- Block Count Byte 5 |xxxxxxxx| |||||||| ----------- Control Byte The following is a summary of available command OpCodes: ----- AHDI Command Summary Table --------------- ---------- -------------------- | OpCode | Command | ---------- -------------------- | 0x00 | Test Unit Ready | | 0x05 | Verify Track | * | 0x06 | Format Track | * | 0x08 | Read | * | 0x0a | Write | * | 0x0b | Seek | | 0x0d | Correction Pattern | | 0x15 | Mode Select | | 0x1a | Mode Sense | ---------- -------------------- * multisector transfer with implied seek NOTE: subject to change. Commands are issued to the Atari HDC in a manner simi- lar to that of the FDC, with the major difference being the handshaking of a multi-byte command descriptor block. The entire hard disk DMA read or write sequence is as follows: o load DMA Base Address and Counter Register. o toggle Write/_Read to clear status (DMA Mode Control Register). o select DMA read or write (DMA Mode Control Register). o select DMA Sector Count Register (DMA Mode Control Register). o load DMA Sector Count Register (DMA operation trigger). o select HDC internal command register (DMA Mode Control Register). o issue controller select byte while clearing A0. o set A0 for remaining command bytes. o after last command byte select controller (DMA Mode Control Register). o DMA active until sector count is zero (DMA Status Register, do not poll during DMA active). o check DMA error status (DMA Status Register, nondestructive). o check HDC status byte and if necessary perform ECC correction following a Verify Track or Read Sector command. The format of both floppy and hard disks contain 512 byte data sectors. ----- Floppy Disk Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST Circular DIN 14S ---- ---- 1 |<--- Read Data -------------------| PSG I/O A 2 |---- Side0 Select --------------->| 3 |---- Logic Ground ----------------| 4 |<--- Index Pulse -----------------| PSG I/O A 5 |---- Drive0 Select -------------->| PSG I/O A 6 |---- Drive1 Select -------------->| 7 |---- Logic Ground ----------------| 8 |---- Motor On ------------------->| 9 |---- Direction In --------------->| 10 |---- Step ----------------------->| 11 |---- Write Data ----------------->| 12 |---- Write Gate ----------------->| 13 |<--- Track 00 --------------------| 14 |<--- Write Protect ---------------| ---- ---- NOTE: shield ground must not be connected on the ST side, the cable must have Read Data and Write Data paired with Logic Grounds. Signal Characteristics pin 1 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. pin 2 TTL levels, active high, high at system reset. pin 4 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. pins 5-6 TTL levels, active low, high at system reset. pins 8-12 TTL levels, active low (inverted). pins 13-14 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistors to +5 VDC. ----- Hard Disk Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DB 19S ---- ---- 1 |<--- Data 0 --------------------->| 2 |<--- Data 1 --------------------->| 3 |<--- Data 2 --------------------->| 4 |<--- Data 3 --------------------->| 5 |<--- Data 4 --------------------->| 6 |<--- Data 5 --------------------->| 7 |<--- Data 6 --------------------->| 8 |<--- Data 7 --------------------->| 9 |---- Chip Select ---------------->| MFP 10 |<--- Interrupt Request -----------| 11 |---- Ground ----------------------| 12 |---- Reset ---------------------->| 13 |---- Ground ----------------------| 14 |---- Acknowledge ---------------->| 15 |---- Ground ----------------------| 16 |---- A1 ------------------------->| 17 |---- Ground ----------------------| 18 |---- Read/Write ----------------->| 19 |<--- Data Request ----------------| ---- ---- Signal Characteristics pins 1-8 TTL levels. pin 9 TTL levels, active low. pin 10 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. pin 12 TTL levels, active low, system reset. pin 14 TTL levels, active low. pins 16,18 TTL levels. pin 19 TTL levels, active low, 1 Kohm pullup resistor to +5 VDC. _6. _C_o_m_p_o_n_e_n_t_s The standard configurations of the Atari ST main sys- tem, graphics subsystem, music subsystem, and device subsys- tems are made up of the following major hardware components: Main o 8 MHz MC68000 Microprocessor Unit o MK68901 Multi Function Peripheral o 192 Kbyte ROM o 512 Kbyte or 1 Mbyte RAM o Memory Controller Chip o Control Logic Chip o DMA Controller Chip Graphics o 32 Kbyte Display Memory (from main RAM) o Video Shift Register Chip Music o YM-2149 Programmable Sound Generator Device o Atari Intelligent Keyboard (ikbd) 1 MHz HD6301V1 Microcomputer Unit o Atari Two Button Mouse o 2 MC6850 Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapters o WD1772 Floppy Disk Controller _7. _E_x_p_a_n_s_i_o_n The Atari ST can be expanded by cartridge ROM only which can contain a maximum of 128 Kbyte. The disclosure of cartridge presence or memory size is not supported in hardware. The ROM cartridge slot has the following pin assignments (only the lower 15 address lines are available): ----- ROM Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST 40S ---- ---- 1 |---- Power +5 VDC --------------->| 2 |---- Power +5 VDC --------------->| 3 |<--- Data 14 ---------------------| 4 |<--- Data 15 ---------------------| 5 |<--- Data 12 ---------------------| 6 |<--- Data 13 ---------------------| 7 |<--- Data 10 ---------------------| 8 |<--- Data 11 ---------------------| 9 |<--- Data 8 ----------------------| 10 |<--- Data 9 ----------------------| 11 |<--- Data 6 ----------------------| 12 |<--- Data 7 ----------------------| 13 |<--- Data 4 ----------------------| 14 |<--- Data 5 ----------------------| 15 |<--- Data 2 ----------------------| 16 |<--- Data 3 ----------------------| 17 |<--- Data 0 ----------------------| 18 |<--- Data 1 ----------------------| 19 |---- Address 13 ----------------->| 20 |---- Address 15 ----------------->| 21 |---- Address 8 ------------------>| 22 |---- Address 14 ----------------->| 23 |---- Address 7 ------------------>| 24 |---- Address 9 ------------------>| 25 |---- Address 6 ------------------>| 26 |---- Address 10 ----------------->| 27 |---- Address 5 ------------------>| 28 |---- Address 12 ----------------->| 29 |---- Address 11 ----------------->| 30 |---- Address 4 ------------------>| 31 |---- ROM3 Select ---------------->| 32 |---- Address 3 ------------------>| 33 |---- ROM4 Select ---------------->| 34 |---- Address 2 ------------------>| 35 |---- _Upper Data Strobe --------->| 36 |---- Address 1 ------------------>| 37 |---- _Lower Data Strobe --------->| 38-40 |---- Ground ----------------------| ---- ---- _8. _M_e_m_o_r_y _M_a_p The first 2 Kbyte of ST memory is reserved for the exception vector table and supervisor stack. This area along with I/O space is protected for supervisor references only. Accessing supervisor protected areas while in the user state will result in a bus error. A 4 word portion of ROM is shadowed at the start of RAM for the reset stack pointer and program counter. Writing to this area or any ROM location will also result in a bus error. The following is a map of ST memory: ---------------- 00 0000 | ROM | Reset: Supervisor Stack Pointer 00 0004 | ROM | Reset: Program Counter 00 0008 | RAM | 0 Kbyte RAM ---------------- . ---------------- 08 0000 | RAM | 512 Kbyte RAM ---------------- . ---------------- 10 0000 | RAM | 1 Mbyte RAM ---------------- . . . ---------------- fa 0000 | ROM | 320 Kbyte ROM ---------------- . ---------------- fc 0000 | ROM | Reset: Supervisor Stack Pointer fc 0004 | ROM | Reset: Program Counter fc 0008 | ROM | 192 Kbyte ROM fe ffff | ROM | 0 Kbyte ROM ---------------- . . . ---------------- ff 8000 | I/O | Configuration Registers ff 8200 | I/O | Display Registers ff 8400 | I/O | Reserved ff 8600 | I/O | DMA/Disk Registers ff 8800 | I/O | Sound Registers ---------------- . ---------------- ff fa00 | I/O | MC68xxx Registers ff fc00 | I/O | MC68xx Registers ---------------- _9. _I/_O _M_a_p The ST I/O space ranges from ff 0000 to ff ffff, with MC68000 and MC6800 peripheral internal registers starting at ff fa00 and ff fc00 respectively. Accessing reserved I/O addresses will result in a bus error. Bit values for vari- ous read and/or write registers are labeled as active One/_Zero (always mask out unused field bits). The follow- ing is a map of ST I/O space: _____________ Configuration ff 8001 R/W |----xxxx| Memory Configuration |||| ------- Bank0 Bank1 (not used) 0000 128 Kbyte 128 Kbyte 0001 128 Kbyte 512 Kbyte 0010 128 Kbyte 2 Mbyte 0011 Reserved 0100 512 Kbyte 128 Kbyte 0101 512 Kbyte 512 Kbyte 0110 512 Kbyte 2 Mbyte 0111 Reserved 1000 2 Mbyte 128 Kbyte 1001 2 Mbyte 512 Kbyte 1010 2 Mbyte 2 Mbyte 1011 Reserved 11xx Reserved _______ Display ff 8201 R/W |xxxxxxxx| Video Base High ff 8203 R/W |xxxxxxxx| Video Base Low ff 8205 R |xxxxxxxx| Video Address Counter High ff 8207 R |xxxxxxxx| Video Address Counter Mid ff 8209 R |xxxxxxxx| Video Address Counter Low ff 820a R/W |------xx| Sync Mode || | ---- External/_Internal Sync ----- 50 Hz/_60 Hz Field Rate ff 8240 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 0/0 (Border) ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| || ---- Inverted/_Normal Monochrome ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ------ Blue ||| ---------- Green -------------- Red ff 8242 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 1/1 ff 8244 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 2/2 ff 8246 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 3/3 ff 8248 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 4 ff 824a R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 5 ff 824c R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 6 ff 824e R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 7 ff 8250 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 8 ff 8252 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 9 ff 8254 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 10 ff 8256 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 11 ff 8258 R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 12 ff 825a R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 13 ff 825c R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 14 ff 825e R/W |-----xxx-xxx-xxx| Palette Color 15 ff 8260 R/W |------xx| Shift Mode || 00 320 x 200, 4 Plane 01 640 x 200, 2 Plane 10 640 x 400, 1 Plane 11 Reserved RESERVED ff 8400 |----------------| Reserved ________ DMA/Disk ff 8600 |----------------| Reserved ff 8602 |----------------| Reserved ff 8604 R/W |--------xxxxxxxx| Disk Controller (Word Access) ff 8606 R |-------------xxx| DMA Status (Word Access) ||| || ---- _Error Status | ----- _Sector Count Zero Status ------ _Data Request Inactive Status ff 8606 W |-------xxxxxxxx-| DMA Mode Control (Word Access) |||||||| ||||||| ----- A0 |||||| ------ A1 ||||| ------- HDC/_FDC Register Select |||| -------- Sector Count Register Select |||0 Reserved || ---------- Disable/_Enable DMA | ----------- FDC/_HDC ------------ Write/_Read ff 8609 R/W |xxxxxxxx| DMA Base and Counter High ff 860b R/W |xxxxxxxx| DMA Base and Counter Mid ff 860d R/W |xxxxxxxx| DMA Base and Counter Low _____ Sound ff 8800 R |xxxxxxxx| PSG Read Data |||||||| I/O Port B -------------- Parallel Interface Data ff 8800 W |xxxxxxxx| PSG Register Select |||| ------- Register Number 0000 Channel A Fine Tune 0001 Channel A Coarse Tune 0010 Channel B Fine Tune 0011 Channel B Coarse Tune 0100 Channel C Fine Tune 0101 Channel C Coarse Tune 0110 Noise Generator Control 0111 Mixer Control - I/O Enable 1000 Channel A Amplitude 1001 Channel B Amplitude 1010 Channel C Amplitude 1011 Envelope Period Fine Tune 1100 Envelope Period Coarse Tune 1101 I/O Port A (Output Only) 1111 I/O Port B ff 8802 W |xxxxxxxx| PSG Write Data |||||||| I/O Port A ||||||| ------- Floppy Side0/_Side1 Select |||||| -------- Floppy _Drive0 Select ||||| --------- Floppy _Drive1 Select |||| ---------- RS232 Request To Send ||| ----------- RS232 Data Terminal Ready || ------------ Centronics _STROBE | ------------- General Purpose Output -------------- Reserved |||||||| I/O Port B -------------- Parallel Interface Data _______ MC68xxx ff fa01 |xxxxxxxx| MFP General Purpose I/O ff fa03 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Active Edge ff fa05 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Data Direction ff fa07 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Enable A ff fa09 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Enable B ff fa0b |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Pending A ff fa0d |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Pending B ff fa0f |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt In-Service A ff fa11 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt In-Service B ff fa13 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Mask A ff fa15 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Interrupt Mask B ff fa17 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Vector ff fa19 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer A Control ff fa1b |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer B Control ff fa1d |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timers C and D Control ff fa1f |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer A Data ff fa21 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer B Data ff fa23 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer C Data ff fa25 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Timer D Data ff fa27 |xxxxxxxx| MFP Sync Character ff fa29 |xxxxxxxx| MFP USART Control ff fa2b |xxxxxxxx| MFP Receiver Status ff fa2d |xxxxxxxx| MFP Transmitter Status ff fa2f |xxxxxxxx| MFP USART Data ______ MC68xx ff fc00 |xxxxxxxx| Keyboard ACIA Control ff fc02 |xxxxxxxx| Keyboard ACIA Data ff fc04 |xxxxxxxx| MIDI ACIA Control ff fc06 |xxxxxxxx| MIDI ACIA Data _1_0. _I_n_t_e_r_r_u_p_t _T_a_b_l_e The following tables list the ST interrupt and signal priority assignments: ----- MC68000 Interrupt Autovector --------------- --------------- -------------------------------- | Level | Definition | --------------- -------------------------------- | 7 (HIGHEST) | NMI | | 6 | MK68901 MFP | | 5 | | | 4 | Vertical Blanking (Sync) | | 3 | | | 2 | Horizontal Blanking (Sync) | | 1 (LOWEST) | | --------------- -------------------------------- NOTE: only interrupt priority level inputs 1 and 2 are used. ----- MK68901 Interrupt Control --------------- --------------- -------------------------------- | Priority | Definition | --------------- -------------------------------- | 15 (HIGHEST) | Monochrome Monitor Detect I7| | 14 | RS232 Ring Indicator I6| | 13 | System Clock / BUSY TA| | 12 | RS232 Receive Buffer Full | | 11 | RS232 Receive Error | | 10 | RS232 Transmit Buffer Empty | | 9 | RS232 Transmit Error | | 8 | Horizontal Blanking Counter TB| | 7 | Disk Drive Controller I5| | 6 | Keyboard and MIDI I4| | 5 | Timer C TC| | 4 | RS232 Baud Rate Generator TD| | 3 | GPU Operation Done I3| | 2 | RS232 Clear To Send I2| | 1 | RS232 Data Carrier Detect I1| | 0 (LOWEST) | Centronics BUSY I0| --------------- -------------------------------- NOTE: the MC6850 ACIA Interrupt Request status bit must be tested to differentiate between keyboard and MIDI interrupts. _1_1. _C_a_s_e _D_e_s_i_g_n The ST is primarily designed as a keyboard computer with external video display, disk drives, and power supply. The top panel contains the keyboard, ventilation slots (bot- tom also), and power on LED. The side panels contain the expansion ROM slot and mouse/joystick ports. The back panel contains the on/off switch, reset button, channel select switch, power connector, and all remaining device connec- tors: video, parallel, RS232, MIDI, and disk drive inter- faces. The device ports are labeled with International Elec- trotechnical Commission-like symbols in combinations of pic- tograms and phonetic transcriptions (captions). In the case of MIDI, the specification explicitly requires that the MIDI connectors be labeled MIDI OUT, MIDI IN, and MIDI THRU (if applicable). _1_2. _P_o_w_e_r _S_u_p_p_l_y An external DC power supply provides power to the main system board, keyboard, expansion ROM, and expansion RAM. All power levels are regulated for over-voltage and over- current protection. The following are minimal power supply specifications: AC Input 115 VAC 10% at 60 Hz (fused) DC Output +5 VDC at 3 A 5% +12 VDC at .03 A 10% -12 VDC at .03 A 10% ----- Power Port Pin Assignments --------------- ST DIN 7P ---- ---- 1 |<--- +5 VDC ----------------------| 3 |---- Ground ----------------------| 4 |<--- +12 VDC ---------------------| 5 |<--- -12 VDC ---------------------| 6 |<--- +5 VDC ----------------------| 7 |---- Ground ----------------------| _A_p_p_e_n_d_i_x _A -- _i_k_b_d _K_e_y_b_o_a_r_d _L_a_y_o_u_t The surface of the Atari Intelligent Keyboard is formed from four distinct ergonomic units: a QWERTY typewriter matrix, a function key array, a screen control cluster, and a calculator numeric keypad. As a whole, the United States version of the keyboard layout is DEC VT100-like with the exception of the following items: o removed keys -- [break], [line feed], [no scroll], [set up]. o repositioned keys -- [caps lock], cursor control keys, programmable function keys. o added keys -- [alternate], [help], [undo], [insert], [clear/home], 10 programmable function keys. o improvements -- DEC VT200-style inverted T cursor control keys, full calculator function numeric keypad. Please note that the left [shift] key is intentionally large to allow space for an extra ISO required key (see ISO 2530-1975). Atari ikbd International Layouts will be designed for the following countries: o United Kingdom o United States o Finland o Norway / Denmark o Sweden o Japan o Germany o French Canada o France o Italy o Spain NOTE: the 'HELP' and 'UNDO' keys will be left untranslated. _A_p_p_e_n_d_i_x _B -- _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s General A Hitchhiker's Guide to the BIOS Digital Research GEM Software Documentation Main System Motorola MC68000 16-Bit Microprocessor User's Manual, Fourth Edition Mostek MK68901 Multi Function Peripheral Data Sheet Graphics Subsystem Adele Goldberg and David Robson, 'Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation', Addison-Wesley, Read- ing Massachusetts, 1983, Chapter 18. Music Subsystem General Instrument AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Genera- tor Data Sheet MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Specification 1.0 Device Subsystems Atari Intelligent Keyboard (ikbd) Protocol and Specifi- cation Motorola MC6850 Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter Data Sheet Centronics Parallel Interface Specification Electronic Industries Association RS232C Standard Western Digital WD1770/1772 Floppy Disk Controller Data Sheet Specification of the Atari Computer System Interface (ACSI) Specification of the Atari Hard Disk Interface (AHDI) _A_p_p_e_n_d_i_x _C -- _N_o_t_e_s General 851125A An address error occurs when a word instruction is used on a byte address. Main System 841017B The DMA Base Address and Counter Register must be loaded in low, mid, high order. Graphics Subsystem 841017C None. Music Subsystem 841017D The YM-2149 PSG I/O space and registers should be set up as critical regions in software. Device Subsystems 841017F Poll or service the Disk Drive Controller inter- rupt on the MK68901 MFP General Purpose I/O Regis- ter to detect the completion of a WD1772 FDC com- mand. Do not poll the FDC Busy or DMA Sector Count Zero status bits. 841017G Select the Sector Count Register before testing the DMA Status Register Error bit. 841017H Do not set the 30 ms Settling Delay bit on WD1772 FDC type 2 and 3 command executions. 841017I A force interrupt should be issued after a few seconds (ie time out) on all commands sent to the WD1772 FDC. 841017J Wait until the WD1772 FDC Motor On status is low before deselecting a floppy drive. 841017K A floppy disk drive configuration table should be maintained in software to accommodate a diverse selection of 3.5 inch floppy disk drives. Two floppy disk drives currently under evaluation have the following characteristics: o 500 Kbyte unformatted, 80 cylinders, one head, 3 ms stepping rate. o 1 Mbyte unformatted, 80 cylinders, two heads, 3 ms stepping rate. Table of Contents 1. System Architecture ............................... 1 2. Main System ....................................... 4 2.1. Microprocessor Unit ........................... 4 2.2. Memory Configuration .......................... 4 2.3. Direct Memory Access .......................... 5 3. Graphics Subsystem ................................ 7 3.1. Video Display Memory .......................... 7 3.2. Video Configuration ........................... 8 4. Music Subsystem ................................... 10 4.1. Sound Synthesizer ............................. 10 4.2. Musical Instrument Communication .............. 10 5. Device Subsystems ................................. 12 5.1. Intelligent Keyboard .......................... 12 5.2. Video Interface ............................... 14 5.3. Parallel Interface ............................ 15 5.4. RS232 Interface ............................... 16 5.5. MIDI Interface ................................ 17 5.6. Disk Drive Interface .......................... 18 6. Components ........................................ 23 7. Expansion ......................................... 24 8. Memory Map ........................................ 25 9. I/O Map ........................................... 27 10. Interrupt Table .................................. 31 11. Case Design ...................................... 32 12. Power Supply ..................................... 33 Appendix A -- ikbd Keyboard Layout .................... 34 Appendix B -- References .............................. 35 Appendix C -- Notes ................................... 36