Bus: Add comparision with RC2014 bus

The backplanes (though not the cards) are actually fairly compatible,
so we include this information to give guidance on using a backplane
from one system with the other.

This may also provide helpful insight for RC6502 board designers.
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RC2014 Bus Comparison
---------------------
The RC6502 bus is very similar to the [RC2014 bus] used on some Z80
homebrew computers. The following table compares the two; pins with
substantially different/incompatible functions are marked with a bullet
(`●`).
The 6502 uses the Motorola bus prococols; the Intel bus protocols are
substantially different, precluding sharing of peripherals unless they are
specifically designed with the extra hardware necessary to support both.
However, the backplanes are interchagable with some cavats; see below for
details.
RC6502 Pin RC2014 Notes
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A15 1 A15
… … …
A0 16 A0
GND 17 GND
Vcc 18 Vcc
Φ2out 19 ● /M1 Low on Z80 instruction fetch/int ack cycles
/RESET 20 /RESET
Φ0in 21 CLK
/IRQ 22 /INT
Φ1out,EX0 23 ● /MREQ
R/W̅ 24 ● /WR
RDY 25 ● /RD
SYNC 26 ● /IORQ
D0 27 D0
… … …
D7 34 D7
TX 35 TX,TX2 May be user-specified function on RC2014
RX 36 RX,TX2 May be user-specified function on RC2014
/NMI 37 ● USER1
-,EX1 38 USER2 Some RC2014 modules use USER2 and USER3 as
-,EX2 39 USER3 IEI and IEO for interrupt daisy chain.
40 USER4,IEO Nonexistent on RC6502
### Backplane Compatibility
The [RC2014 backplanes][RC2014-spec] (as of the 0.4 draft specification)
can be used with RC6502 boards and vice versa, with some caveats. The power
(18) and ground (19) pins may be supplied by the backplane and are
compatible. The following other pins have caveats:
* __/RESET__ (20)
* RC2014 backplanes with a power supply (SC105, SC112) have a 4.7 kΩ
pull-up resistor on /RESET. RC6502 board reset logic should be able to
pull this line low to reset the system. RC2014 backplanes also have a
reset switch; this ___must not be closed___ as it will conflict with
the standard reset output circuitry of RC6502 boards, potentially
damaging the board.
* RC6502 backplanes have no reset logic, so a pull-up (4.7 kΩ to Vcc) and
an RC2014 board will need to supply a reset signal. The SC108 CPU board
supplies power-on reset but has no reset button. The SC101, SC114 and
SC130 provide a reset button.
* __Pin 40__.
* RC2014 backplanes provide pin 40 as a bus or daisy chain (with pin
80) depending on the model. This pin does not exist on RC6502 boards
and thus can be ignored. Be careful not to insert the RC6502 board
offset by one pin.
* RC6502 backplanes do not provide pin 40, so the USER4 signal cannot be
used.
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[Backplane]: ./RC6502%20Backplane/
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[TIA]: ./RC6502%20TIA%20NTSC/
[Terminal]: ./RC6502%20Terminal/
[VDU]: ./RC6502%20VDU/
[RC2014 bus]: https://smallcomputercentral.wordpress.com/documentation/specification-rc2014-bus/
[RC2014-spec]: https://smallcomputercentral.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/modular-backplane-specification-v0-4-2018-09-19.pdf