Oric Technical Study

Architecture

System ROM   6502 CPU   System RAM and Video RAM might be merged.
System RAM
Video RAM Mpx    
ULA VDG    
Tape   A    
Kbd
Lpt   6522 VIA    
Sound

Circuit Diagrams

Available on the net as scan of hand-drawn circuit.
Pete's Oric site contains circuit diagrams.

Video Timing

Colour carrier modulation

Keyboard

Sound

The AY38912 provided sound.

System ROM

16K ROM contains OS and BASIC.

System RAM

16K minimum, but most have 64K fitted with the ROM replacing the top 16K so 48K accessible.

Video RAM and Address Multiplexer

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Implementation

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Passionoric has an a French Oric-in-FPGA project. This is a work in progress but currently includes VHDL source code for a 6522 and an AY38912 programmable sound generator.
(has annoying pop-up adverts)

Oric World by Fabrice Frances.
Contains a good technical study of the Oric ULA dated 1996 so I guess the author never got round to implementing it in TTL.

Rhetoric magazine.

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