Newbrain Expansion Port

PinSignal NameDescription / NotesEIM
1GNDGround50E
2Z80 CLOCK 4MHzSystem Clock (Directly for CPU/Bus)49E
3A14Address Bus Bit 1448E
4A13Address Bus Bit 1347E
5D5Data Bus Bit 546E
6RMSLRAM Select (connect to ground to switch 16k rams)45E
7D4Data Bus Bit 444E
8D3Data Bus Bit 343E
9D6Data Bus Bit 642E
10D7Data Bus Bit 741E
11A11Address Bus Bit 1140E
12A10Address Bus Bit 1039E
13A8Address Bus Bit 838E
14A9Address Bus Bit 937E
15A12Address Bus Bit 1236E
16A7Address Bus Bit 735E
17A3Address Bus Bit 334E
18A2Address Bus Bit 233E
19A1Address Bus Bit 132E
20A0Address Bus Bit 031E
21D0Data Bus Bit 030E
22D1Data Bus Bit 129E
23FCTRFunctional Counter / Clock?28E
24D2Data Bus Bit 227E
25A5Address Bus Bit 526E
26A6Address Bus Bit 625E
27RAMENBRAM Enable (Internal logic toggle)24E
28EXRM2Expansion RAM Page Bit 2 (Output to NB)23E
29EXRM1Expansion RAM Page Bit 1 (Output to NB)22E
30EXRM0Expansion RAM Page Bit 0 (Output to NB)21E
31nROMOVROM Override20E
32nBUSRQ​Bus Request19E
33nM1Machine Cycle 1 (Opcode Fetch)18E
34nRSTReset Signal17E
35RFRSHDRAM Refresh (Safe to ignore for SRAM)16E
36nWAITCPU Wait State15E
37A4Address Bus Bit 414E
38nBUSACKBus Acknowledge (CPU has released bus)13E
39A15Address Bus Bit 1512E
40nWRWrite Enable11E
41nINTInterrupt Request10E
42nRDRead Enable9E
43nNMINon-Maskable Interrupt8E
44nHALTCPU Halt State7E
45nMREQ​Memory Request6E
46nIOREQ​I/O Request5E
47PRTOVPort 0xFF Override / Select4E
48RAMINHRAM Inhibit3E
49+5VSystem Power2E
50BUSRQ Bus Request (TV)1E

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