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Panasonic KX-TD816BX Hardware Insights
Overview
This system got not more than a few hundred KB's of RAM. System configuration is stored on a EEPROM. The CPU is a 68k chip (yeah, same as Macintosh computers and several embedded devices of the era). This unity got the TMP68301AF-12 variant of that chip, manufactured by Toshiba.
The ROM complex is detachable, for reasons I deem unclear, since those chips are already seated on sockets. See below for more information on that detachable board.
ROM/RTC clock Board
This complex seems to be upgradeable (if you ever find that stuff.) Here we can find:
IC20: P401A, matches the system ROM version (P401A60905A), so it's probably the main firmware;
IC21: P402A, Google returns nothing useful, unknown ROM chip;
IC24: CXK581000AP-10LL, or 131072-word × 8-bit High Speed CMOS Static RAM, which seems to provide our system with healthy 128 KB;
IC25: idem, bringing the total amount of RAM in this module to 256 KB;
IC26: OKI M6242B, an RTC clock chip;
X2: 32.768 kHz crystal oscillator for the RTC chip;
BAT: CR2354 battery, 3V, probaly of the /1GUF variant.
### Problems
The RTC battery is probably long dead and showing signs of oxidation on it's legs;
There's was a bad and mysterious corrosion under the RTC oscillator, that I've already removed, after taking this photo;
This same oscillator isn't operating reliably, sometimes it takes a while for the clock to start, well, clocking, and this component is probably the culprit;
Chips under ROM/RTC card
Two proprietary parts are to be found here:
IC2: PQVI620890F, according to TD816E service manual (that got the same part), it does «ASIC, Conferece, DTMF Generation, Tone Generation, P I/O Ports»;
IC19:
PQVI05JP031G, also appears on TD816E in the same position (IC19), albeit with different part number, as «Conf. & Tone ROM»,
also seems to be upgradeable.
Then we have:
IC3: MT8981D, didn't look much into it, but seems to be a codec;
IC22-IC2<unreadable>: TC51832ASPL-85, RAM chips, 32 KB each, don't know if they act as buffers for the audio system or if it's system RAM, TD816E also mentions RAM chips at IC22-IC23 and they seem to be connected to the system bus, don't know if the same holds true here;
IC8, IC15, IC18: also look like CODECs.