Overview of the Thomson range

• 6809E - 8bit CPU by Motorola
• I/O Devices - General information and memory map
  • 6551 ACIA - Serial port controller by MOS Technology.
  • 6821 PIA - Programmable Interface Adapter by Motorola.
  • 6846 PIA - Programmable Interface Adapter, with Timer and ROM, by Motorola.
  • 6850 ACIA - Serial port controller by Motorola.
  • Gate Arrays - Thomson custom chips
  • EF9369 - Color palette generator

• WD177x - WDC floppy controller
• THMFC1 - Thomson custom floppy controller

• Sound synthesizers
• RF57-932
• CC90
• “Sound and game”
• MO5 RAM cartridge
• MODEM

• Monitor entry points
• Monitor direct-page
• Character map
• Tape format

• Floppy disk format
• Floppy controller entry points

• Assembler cartridge
• patched version

• TEO
• MESS
• dcmoto, dcmo5, dcto8d, dcmo6

• lwtools modern cross macro assembler with lots of features.
• c6809

• gcc6809 modern compiler using lwtools for assembling and linking.
• mc09, K&R compiler, smaller but more limited.

• GrafX2, the ultimate 256-color painting program, features a color constraint checker for Thomson
• png2mo5 converts PNG files to the Thomson screen format. It works for TO machines, too.

• cc90
• PulkoMandy's Thomson stuff Source for various demos and other software, and several small tools for managing floppy and tape images, and so on. Open source, very portable code.
• Vital Motion