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Post #14 by IIsi
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateMon, 24 Nov 2008 - 21:30
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/mac-ii-tech-questions.14459/
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In case anyone else cares, I found the answers to my questions:

"The general logic unit (GLU) chip performs support

functions for the microprocessor in the Macintosh II, IIx,

and IIfx. It provides address decoding, chip select, RAM

refresh, CPU, SCC, and VIA clock signal generation and

NuBus, VIA, SCC, power, and NMI switch interrupt handling.

Operating System Support (OSS) Chip

Some of the support functions the operating system support

(OSS) chip performs include I/O device decoding and timing,

interrupt prioritization and masking, a 56-bit system

counter, bus timeout logic, and interface support for the

real-time clock chip."

This is actually sort of confused, above it should read II/IIx/IIcx/Se30 and then list the IIfx above the next heading for OSS, as it is the only Mac with that chip.

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