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| 1 | +# Wugo PC II System Board Reverse Engineering Project |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +The aim of this project was to reverse engineer the schematics of the Wugo PC II. This is a 1986 IBM PC/XT clone made in Taiwan and looks a bit like: |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +The system board or motherboard looks like this: |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +[](pictures/system-board-high-res.jpeg) |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## Features |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +- Intel 8088-2 running at 8 MHz (turbo) or 4.77 MHz |
| 14 | +- Optional 8087 maths co-processor |
| 15 | +- Up to 1MB of DRAM using standard TMS41256 DRAM (TMS4164 parts may be used to provide a minimum of 128KB) |
| 16 | +- Memory beyond 640KB available using a custom memory page register |
| 17 | +- Two 27256 ROM sockets for extension software such as BASIC |
| 18 | +- 8 identical 8-bit ISA slots |
| 19 | +- Built-in real-time clock with battery backup |
| 20 | +- Built-in game port |
| 21 | +- Key lock and reset switch inputs |
| 22 | +- Power and Turbo LED outputs |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## Process |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +The schematic for the system board contained in this repository is captured in KiCad 5.1.6. It was generated using a multimeter to systematically continuity test each of the connections on the 4-layer PCB. This took a long time! The schematic was cross-checked against the public datasheet for each of the components. Finally, the operation of key clock signals and apparently unused gates were verified by oscilloscope. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +The contents of the memory decode PROM, IC100, are found in the [memory-decode-prom](memory-decode-prom/) folder along with a small python utility that will decode the contents of the memory map. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Additional Documentation |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Additional [high resolutions pictures](pictures/) are available. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +I have archived various original documents on [archive.org](https://archive.org/): |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- [PC II Personal computer Reference Manual](https://archive.org/details/wugo-pcii-personal-computer-reference-manual_202007) |
| 37 | +- [PC II RS232C Serial Card](https://archive.org/details/wugo-pc-ii-rs-232-c-serial-card-user-guide) |
| 38 | +- [PC II MS-DOS Utilities](https://archive.org/details/wugo-pc-ii-utils) |
| 39 | +- [PC II PM-1612 Mono Video Monitor](https://archive.org/details/wugo-pc-ii-pm-1612-mono-video-monitor) |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +## License |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | + The schematics are covered by the GNU General Public License v3. |
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