On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 5:39 PM Chris Hanson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have documentation stashed away for the Intel PC-BUBBLE Card? > The PC-BUBBLE is an 8-bit ISA card that Intel produced for prototyping > bubble memory applications in the mid-1980s, the ROM on mine is v3.0 and > says it’s copyright 1986. > > I don’t want to insert this into a system until I’m sure all the (many) > jumpers are configured reasonably, and I’m sure that the empty 40-pin > socket at U5 isn’t something that’s critical to its operation… > Is there a 40-pin chip elsewhere? There should be one 40-pin chip, which is the Bubble Memory Controller (BMC). That's a D7220 for 1Mbit bubble devices (7110), or a D7225 for 4Mbit bubble devices (7114).