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From: pa1562@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (C. SQuibby Breyman)
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Subject: Re: 680X0 dream machine
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In article <1990Apr12.233111.3455@csuchico.edu> garlick@csuchico.edu (Jim Garlick) writes:
>This is wierd, but aren't there literally tons of S100 IO cards and
>busses out there that can be had for next-to-nothing? [...]
Yes, but do you really want to put the effort into designing
something with such a limited future. Additionally, the procurement
of replacements (or even standard equipment) would dwarf the present
hassles with cross-preiph compatibility. Do you like writing device
drivers that much? ISA seems that it is fairly easy to get info on,
it has a big user & developer base. Isn't volume production rather
than obsolecence a better route to lower cost?
Sinc,
C. Squibby Breyman