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Hyperstone E1 32bit microprocessor form 1990

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Nathan Brown

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Oct 13, 2022, 7:45:57 PM10/13/22
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I am basically looking for the pinout to the 120 pin QPF version on the
Hyperstone E1-32bit microprocessor form 1990.
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Hyperstone the company them self no longer has this version on file.
The oldest version of the E1 UM they still had in archive was from 11M of 1993. It only has the 132-Pin PQFP-Package (JEDEC) and the
early 144-Pin PGA-Package.
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I have a option to work with the older 120 pin version, but their is no longer documentation for it.

MitchAlsup

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Oct 13, 2022, 8:23:36 PM10/13/22
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An option to work on something with no documentation should be
looked at through a very long straw.

Quadibloc

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Oct 13, 2022, 9:54:03 PM10/13/22
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Well, of course. I presume his post here was in hopes of having it seen by
someone who had actually worked with the 120-pin QPF version, so as to
open a route to *finding* the documentation.

John Savard

Quadibloc

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Oct 13, 2022, 10:08:54 PM10/13/22
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On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 7:54:03 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:

> Well, of course. I presume his post here was in hopes of having it seen by
> someone who had actually worked with the 120-pin QPF version, so as to
> open a route to *finding* the documentation.

I think I've found the clue he needs to find what he seeks.

In a 1991 catalog of digital signal processors avalable from _Zilog_, there
is an entry for the Zilog Z32H00, described as the Hyperstone Enhanced
Fast Instruction Set Computer (EFISC) Embedded (RISC) Processor.

So perhaps the thing one should be searching for online is not documentation
from the Hyperstone company, but documentation from Zilog.

John Savard

Quadibloc

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Oct 13, 2022, 10:23:04 PM10/13/22
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On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 8:08:54 PM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:

> In a 1991 catalog of digital signal processors avalable from _Zilog_, there
> is an entry for the Zilog Z32H00, described as the Hyperstone Enhanced
> Fast Instruction Set Computer (EFISC) Embedded (RISC) Processor.
>
> So perhaps the thing one should be searching for online is not documentation
> from the Hyperstone company, but documentation from Zilog.

Apparently this is not the case; as it's a "Superintegration" product, they appear
to have licensed the Hyperstone core, since there are citations for the Hyperstone
E1 32-bit Microprocessor User's Manual by Hyperstone Electronics from 1990.

John Savard

Nathan Brown

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Oct 19, 2022, 7:28:40 PM10/19/22
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Nathan Brown 19 Oct 2022 at about 5:28 pm
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Yes Zilog and Apls electric use to distribute the hyperstone microprocessor back in the 1990's. The older 120 pin version from the 1990's pinout and possibly a datasheet is what I am looking for. It was replaced by the 132 pin version in about 1991.
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If there was spare PCBS with the older 120 pin QFP version on it, then there would be another option. Whether they were bad or not. But this option does not exist. I thank all that did and do reply to this posting.

Nathan Brown

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Oct 19, 2022, 7:45:56 PM10/19/22
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On Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 20:23:04 UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
Yes Zilog and Apls electric use to distribute the hyperstone microprocessor back in the 1990's. The older 120 pin version from the 1990's pinout and possibly a datasheet is what I am looking for. It was replaced by the 132 pin version in about 1991.
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If there was spare PCBS with the older 120 pin QFP version on it, then there would be another option. Whether they were bad or not. But this option does not exist. Thanks' for replying
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