| Chip name |
Maker/Brand |
System / driver |
Priority |
Notes
|
| DP8534-V |
National Semiconductor |
Second-generation 68040 Macs (Quadra and Centris 610/650/800) |
Low |
I was able to reverse-engineer enough of this chip from a Linux driver to create a usable emulation (thanks smf!) but some details are still unclear.
|
| F8680 PC/CHIP |
Chips and Technologies |
Cablenet 2039 Controller |
Low |
Enhanced 8086 CPU with PC-like on-chip peripherals and one or two custom instructions. Some documentation is online, but Programmer's Reference Manual (UG75) is missing.
|
| HPC family (e.g. HPC46003) |
National Semiconductor |
Various ISA/MCA storage controllers, AGE crane games |
Low |
The most detailed architectural reference, the HPC16083/HPC16043/HPC16003 User's Manual (424410897-001A), is unavailable, though datasheets and application notes are easy to find. The HPC46400E User's Manual (420420213-001), though for an uncommon later model, may also be of interest here.
|
| i750 Video Processor (82750PB + 82750DB) |
Intel |
Dragon Gun |
Not so low |
The Intel 82750PB Microcode Programming Guide is of particular interest. |
|
| M16 series (M31000, M31002, M31010, M31011) |
Mitsubishi |
Korg Trinity |
Low |
32-bit CISC architecture related to M32. Likely discontinued before the Renesas takeover in favor of M16C and M32C, whose CPU cores are completely different. https://github.com/linuxha/asl/ supports its assembly language.
|
| MN1600 series (MN1610, MN1611, MN1613, MN1617) |
Panasonic |
Fujitsu/Panafacom/Matsushita FACOM 9450, C-15/C-x80 and Operate xxx series |
Low |
http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~nkomatsu/panafacom/MN1610.html has a lot of info but isn't complete, especially for the MN1617.
|
| MN1860 series (e.g. MN1860003) |
Panasonic |
CD-ROM drives |
Low |
Upgrade of MN1880. Selection guide summarizes features of a few models. Instruction set mostly deduced from reverse engineering. |
|
| MN1880 series (e.g. MN18801A, MN1880023, MN1884820) |
Panasonic |
Novation synthesizers, Yamaha PSR-500, various CD-ROM drives |
Low |
Selection guide summarizes features of a few models. Instruction set mostly deduced from MN1872423 (MN1870 series) documentation and reverse engineering, but most internal registers remain mysteries. A manual for CL/1, a C-like compiled language developed by Panasonic for MN1880 and other MCUs, would also be potentially of interest. |
|
| PPC1, PPC2 |
Paradise Systems (later Western Digital) |
Sun 3/80, Schneider Tower AT 220, various Paradise/WD ISA video cards |
Low |
These are single-chip versions of the IBM PC parallel port interface (PPC2 adds bidirectional capability). They probably work similarly to other parallel port controllers, but datasheets are not available. |
|
| SPC900/SPC970 series |
Sony |
MechaCon in older PlayStation 2 models |
Low |
Very little is known about this 16-bit MCU architecture beyond some not very informative datasheets.
|