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==== Table of Contents ====

[[#vga_expansion_for_128kb_ram_2-board_stack_with_ps2_interface|VGA Expansion for 128KB RAM, 2-board stack (with PS2 interface)]]

[[#features|Features]]

[[#design_files|Design Files]]

====== VGA Expansion for 128KB RAM, 2-board stack (with PS2 interface) ======

This link to [[builderpages:plasmo:vgaxram:2-boards:no-ps2|2-board stack without PS2 interface]]

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===== Features =====

Plug in existing 128KB RAM socket

25.175MHz pixel clock, 60Hz VGA

4K dual port RAM for video memory and font lookup tables

64-macrocell CPLD, EPM7064SLC44

64 columns, 48 rows of 8×8 pixel monochrome text

Video RAM can be written any time

PS2 keyboard interface

===== Design Files =====

[[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:plasmo:vgaxram:2-boards:rambase_r1_scm.pdf|Schematic]] of RAM base board with PS2 CPLD

[[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:plasmo:vgaxram:2-boards:vgaxram_r1_scm.pdf|Schematic]] of dual-port VGA board

[[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:plasmo:vgaxram:2-boards:rambase_r1_gerber.zip|Gerber photoplots]] of RAM base board with PS2 CPLD

[[https://retrobrewcomputers.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=builderpages:plasmo:vgaxram:2-boards:vgaxramr1_gerber.zip|Gerber photoplots]] of dual-port VGA board