The Zorro III expansion bus provides clock signals for expansion boards.
These clocks are for synchronous Zorro II designs and for other
synchronous activity such as bus arbitration. While originally based on
Amiga local bus clocks, these have no guaranteed relationship to any local
bus activity in newer Amiga computers, but are maintained in Amiga
computers as part of the expansion bus specification. The relationship
between these clocks is illustrated in Figure K-3.
/C1 Clock
This is a 3.58 MHz clock (3.55 MHz on PAL systems) that's synched to
the falling edge of the 7M system clock.
/C3 Clock
This is a 3.58 MHz clock (3.55 MHz on PAL systems) that's synched to
the rising edge of the 7M system clock.
CDAC Clock
This is a 7.16 MHz system clock (7.09 MHz on PAL systems) which
trails the 7M clock by 90 degrees (approximately 35ns).
E Clock
This is the 68000 generated "E" clock, used for 6800 family
peripherals driven by "E" and 6502 peripherals driven by phi(2).
This clock is four 7M clocks high, six clocks low, as per the 68000
spec. Note that the bus does not support the rest of the 68000's
6800/6502 compatible interface; there may be better ways to clock
such devices.
E7M Clock
This is the 7.16 MHz system clock (7.09 MHz on PAL systems). This
clock forms the basis for all Zorro II/68000 compatible activity, and
for various other system functions, such as bus arbitration.
140ns
|<----->|
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _
C7M | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___|
| | 75| |
| ->| ns|<- |
| | | | |
35->| |<- | |
ns ___ | ___ | ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
CDAC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
__| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___| |___
| |
| | | |
____ | _______ _______ _______ _____
/C1 | | | | | | | |
|_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
| | | |
_______ | _______ _______ _______ _
/C3 | | | | | | | | |
| |_______| |_______| |_______| |_______|
|
| | | |
____ | | | _____________
E | |
|_______________________________________________|
Figure K-3: Expansion Bus Clocks