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**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
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**82396SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90...
**82485       Turbo Cache (and 485Turbocache)                      c90...
**82489DX       Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller    10/12/92...
**82495DX/490DX DX CPU-Cache Chip Set                           <Sep91...
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**GCK113        80386 AT Compatible Chip Set                   c:oct89
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**GCK181        Universal PS/2 Chip Set                        c:Mar89...
**HT11          Single 286 AT Chip [no datasheet]               <Aug90...
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**HT18          80386SX Single Chip                            c:Sep91...
**HT21          386SX/286 Single Chip (20 MHz)                 c:Aug91...
**HT22          386SX/286 Single Chip (25 MHz)                 c:Sep91...
**HT25          3-volt Core Logic for 386SX                    c:Dec92...
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**HTK320        386DX Chip Set                                 c:Sep91...
**HTK340        "Shasta" 486 Chip Set                          c:Jun92...
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**HT44          Secondary Cache                                c:Jun92...
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**WD76C20x   Floppy, RTC, IDE and Support Logic Device       <11/25/91
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***Features:
o   84-pin PLCC and PQFP packages
o   5V supply requirement (WD76C20) 
    3.3V supply requirement (WD76C20LV)
o   3.0V battery backup supply for the RTC and 114 byte SRAM (WD76C20) 
    2.4V battery backup supply for the RTC and 114 byte SRAM 
    (WD76C20LV)
o   Implemented in a low-power, high-performance, 1.25 micron CMOS 
    technology process
o   Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) software transparent power-down mode 
    with low standby ICC current. FOC features:
    - 256 tracks support
    - 100% software compatible with NEC 765A
    - Integrated high-performance DPLL data separator:
       - 125, 250, 300, 500 Kb/sec and 1 Mb/sec data rates
       - Option to select 150 Kb/sec FM and 300 Kb/sec MFM data 
         rates only
    - Automatic Write Precompensation:
       - Defeat option
       - Inner track value of 125 or 187 ns pin selectable
    - On chip clock generation:
       - 2 TTL clock inputs, or 
       - Single 16 or 32 MHz crystal circuit and one TTL clock input
    - Power Qualified Reset
       - Enable PQR in W076C20
       - Disable PQR in W076C20LV
    - Host interface read/write accesses compatible with 80286 
      microprocessors at speeds up to 12 MHz with 0 wait states
    - Direct floppy disk drive interface - no buffers needed
       - 48 mA sink output drivers
       - Schmitt Trigger input line receivers
    - FDC direct PC XT/AT interface compatibility
       - Floppy Control and Operations Registers on chip
       - In PC/AT mode, provides required signal qualification to DMA 
         channel
       - IBM BIOS compatible
       - Dual-speed spindle drive support
    - PS/2 type drive support
o   Real Time Clock (RTC) features:
    - Software compatible with Motorola MC146818A.
    - Internal time base and oscillator circuitry 
    - Counts seconds, minutes, and hours
    - Counts days of the week, date, month, and year
    - Time base input for 32.768 KHz square wave
    - Time base oscillator for parallel resonant crystals
    - Binary or BCD representation of time, calendar, and alarm
    - 12- or 24-hour clock with AM and PM in 12-hour mode
    - Daylight savings time option
    - Automatic leap year compensation
    - Interfaced with software as 128 RAM locations
    - 114 bytes at general purpose RAM
    - Status bit indicates data integrity
    - Bus compatible interrupt signals (IRQ)
    - Three interrupts are separately software maskable and testable:
       - Time-at-day alarm - once-per-second to once-per-day
       - Periodic interrupt rates tram 122 us to 500 ms
       - End-at-clock update cycle

**WD76C30x   Perip. Ctrl, Interrupt Multiplex, and Clock Gen <11/18/91...
**WD7615     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <04/15/92...
**WD7625     Desktop Buffer Manager                          <10/01/92...
**WD8120LV   Super I/O [no datasheet]                                ?
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