Hi All,
I'm trying to locate some old (original Athlon era, so well over twenty years ago) documents, namely:
Order# 21902 "AMD Athlon System Bus Specification"
Order# 24363 "Socket A Motherboard Design Guide"
Order# 90020 "AMD Athlon Processor Socket 462 Application Note"
The (quite possibly misguided) goal here is to take advantage of advances in PCB manufacturing (ie to the point that hobbyists can put together 6-layer boards for not too much money) to make a "new" Athlon mainboard, in particular a 760MPX one (because I can get the chipset for it). An Intel alternative would be easy (440BX design guides, reference designs, etc are all readily available from Intel's website, and reputable suppliers still have stock of the chips) but since at the time I was all AMD (XP 2500+ on an NF7-S) I'd rather do an Athlon board if I can make it happen.
I've found most of the other necessary documentation (eg. chipset and CPU datasheets), but these ones have eluded me - and without them there's not even data on eg. impedance needed for the EV6 bus. Note that I'm completely happy to pay for the documents if needed, although I'd hope that by now AMD doesn't have any particular intellectual property concerns with Socket A.
Any ideas? Any contacts with AMD that might be willing to help?
Thanks!
