ECS 4500 Card Summary

There are a total of 7 cards in one machine. The Video Deflection card was missing from the second unit.

 Resto UnitSpares UnitDescription
Power SupplyEarly VariantLate VariantProvides 5, 12, -12, -5, +26V.  Note that the 5V regulator is mounted offboard on a heatsink at the bottom of the unit.
Video & Deflection MissingThis provides all the analogue stuff for the video display.  It’s quite unique. It’s also very rough with a lot of mods.
Microcomputer  Z80 processor, 8051 UART, 2716 ROMs and 16k RAM that can be switched in place of the ROM.  The monitor will come up with just this card and the two video cards.
RAM  80k DRAM. 
Video Control II  All the digital stuff to produce the video signals.  No memory – it DMAs from main RAM.
Input/OutputMissing Z80APIOHas Z80APIOProvides parallel and serial ports.  The parallel port chip is missing from one card.
Floppy Disk Controller  Bespoke floppy disk controller card. Writes a unique format.


Microcomputer


RAM


Floppy Disk Controller


Input/Output


Video Control II


Video & Deflection

Power Supply

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