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**A note on VESA support of 486 chipsets.
Many chipsets state  that they support VESA local  bus.  In some cases
these actually  implement VLB somewhat  like PCI, where it  is entirly
decoupled from the CPU bus. Chipsets  that do not state they work with
VLB,  may  be found  on  motherboards  that  contain VLB  slots.   VLB
is  *basically*  The 486  CPU  pinout in  a  slot  form. Unless  these
m/boards contain  some additional  chips, there VLB  implementation is
directly coupled to the CPU.

**Datasheets:...
*_IBM...
*ACC Micro...
*ALD...
*ALi...
*AMD . . . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Chips & Technologies...
*Contaq  . . . . . [no datasheets, some info]...
*Efar Microsystems [no datasheets, some info]...
*ETEQ...
*Faraday...
*Forex . . . . . . [List only, no datasheets found]...
*Intel...
**82395SX     Smart Cache                                     12/17/90
***Notes:...
**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...
**82495XP/490XP Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for i860)       06/05/91...
**82496/491     Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P5 Pentium) 03/22/93...
**82497/492   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**82498/493   Cache Controller / Cache RAM (for P54 Pentium)    <Nov94...
**
**Later chipsets (basic spec):
**440 series:...
**450NX  (?)            06/29/98:...
**?????  (Profusion)    c:99...
**800 series...
*Headland/G2...
*HMC (Hulon Microelectronics)...
*Logicstar...
*Motorola...
*OPTi...
*PC CHIPS/Amptron/Atrend/ECS/Elpina/etc...
*SIS...
*Symphony...
*TI (Texas Instruments)...
*UMC...
*Unresearched:...
*VIA...
*VLSI...
*Western Digital...
*Winbond...
**W83877F         WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <96
***Info:...
***Versions:...
***Features:
FDC:
o  Compatible with IBM PC AT disk drive systems
o  Variable write pre-compensation with track selectable capability
o  DMA enable logic
o  Non-burst mode DMA option
o  Supports floppy disk drives and tape drives
o  Detects all overrun and underrun conditions
o  Data rate and drive control registers
o  Built-in address mark detection circuit to simplify the read 
   electronics
o  IBM PC system address decoder
o  Supports up to two embedded hard disk drives (IDE AT BUS)
o  Single 24 MHz crystal input
o  FDD anti-virus functions with software write protect and FDD write 
   enable signal, write data signal force inactive
o  Supports up to four 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch floppy disk drives
o  Completely compatible with industry standard 82077
o  360K/720K/1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format
o  250K, 300K, 500K, 1M bps data transfer rate
o  Supports vertical recording format
o  16-byte data FIFOs

UART:
o  Two high-speed 16550 compatible UARTs with 16-byte send/receive 
   FIFOs
o  MIDI compatible
o  Fully programmable serial-interface characteristics:
   - 5, 6, 7 or 8-bit characters
   - Even, odd or no parity bit generation/detection
   - 1, 1.5 or 2 stop bits generation
o  Internal diagnostic capabilities:
   - Loop-back controls for communications link fault isolation
   - Break, parity, overrun, framing error simulation
o  Programmable baud generator allows division of 1.8461 MHz and 24 
   MHz by 1 to (2^16-1)

Parallel Port:
o  Compatible with IBM parallel port
o  Supports parallel port with bidirectional lines
o  Supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)
   - Compatible with IEEE 1284 specification
o  Supports Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)
   - Compatible with IEEE 1284 specification
o  Extension FDD mode supports disk drive B through parallel port
o  Extension Adapter Mode supports pocket devices through parallel port
o  Extension 2FDD mode supports disk drives A and B through parallel 
   port
o  JOYSTICK mode supports joystick through parallel port

Others:
o  Programmable configuration settings
o  Immediate or automatic power-down mode for power management
o  All hardware power-on settings have internal pull-up or pull-down 
   resistors as default value
o  Packaged in 100-pin QFP
o  Configurable Plug and Play registers
o  Infrared communication port

**W83877TF/TG/TD  WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977F/G/AF/AG WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977TF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          c97...
**W83977EF        WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
**W83977ATF       WINBOND I/O (Multi I/O)                          <98...
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**Disk Controller:
**W83759/A/F/AF   Advanced VL-IDE Disk Controller                  <96...
**W83769          Local Bus IDE Solution                           <94...
**
**UARTS:
**W86C250A  UART (equivalent of INS8C250A) [no datasheet]
**W86C450/P Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter         <Jul89...
**W86C451   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT/XT                     <Jul89...
**W86C452   I/O controller for IBM PC/AT                         Jul89...
**W86C456   I/O controller [no datasheet]                            ?
**W860551/P UART with FIFO and Printer Port Controller             <94...
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