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From: rickf@Apple.COM (Rick Fleischman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Where can I get nubus prototype boards?
Message-ID: <8617@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 90 23:44:54 GMT
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In article <8603@goofy.Apple.COM> enwall@apple.com (Tim Enwall) writes:
>In article <1938@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> 
>hayes@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Patrick W. Hayes) writes:
>> Where can I get nubus prototype boards?
>
>Apple has something called the "Macintosh Coprocessor Platform" upon which 
>several of our communications cards are built.  They all have a 68000, 
>some RAM, ROM and Nubus ASICs on board.  There's also about 40 square 
>inches for anything a developer might want to put on them.  (so for our 
>boards, we put a tokenring chipset on, some SCCs for the serial card, 
>etc...).  There's also an operating system (multi-tasking, real-time) 
>which runs on the 68000 called "A/ROSE".
>
>All of this is available from the Apple Programmers and Developers 
>Association (APDA).  Phone Number is (800) 282-APDA.  If they claim they 
>don't have such a thing, be persistent -- the package went to them two 
>weeks ago.

The following Macintosh Coprocessor Platform products are currently
_orderable_ from APDA:

M0793LL/A  Macintosh Coprocessor Platform Developer's Kit     $500.00
Includes: Macintosh Coprocessor Platform card
          A/ROSE software
          Developer's Guide

M0794LL/A  A/ROSE Software Kit                                $150.00
Includes: A/ROSE software
          Developer's Guide

M0301LL/B  Macintosh Coprocessor Platform Developer's Guide   $ 65.00
Includes: Developer's Guide

None of the above products are shipping as of today.  They will probably
start shipping in approximately two weeks.

Rick Fleischman
Developer Programs/APDA
Apple Computer, Inc.
e-mail: rickf@apple.com
AppleLink: FLEISCHMAN@applelink.apple.com