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From: george@wombat.bungi.COM (George Scolaro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: ETH532 status?
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Date: 16 Nov 90 15:45:28 GMT
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[In the message entitled "ETH532 status?" on Nov 16, 15:32, Jordan K. Hubbard writes:]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I seem to recall that the ETH532 board was finished and that several
> boards had been produced. Has anyone (besides Dave and George) ordered
> one and gotten it working?

No wrong, unfortunately. The design is done and the board routed, but no PCB
has been made as of yet. We haven't done a run since the number of people
indicating they were serious about one was pretty small (less than 5), so we
have been waiting for more people. A run of 5 - 10 boards would come to
around $350 a piece - too rich! We would like to do a minimum of 20 (to lower
the NRE - i.e. setup and test fixture charges). So, if any of you serious
want it now and would commit to one or more then send me email "direct" and
I will tally you up. Of course being close to xmas means a lot of us wont be
up to our eyes in cash :-(

Just to remind you what the ET532 is:

Plug in card for the PC532 with SCSI connector in addition to edge connector.
This means it could be used with other SCSI systems, it also has a standalone
power connector (PC floppy/harddisk style).

32GX32-20 CPU (no FPU).
1 or 4 Megabytes of DRAM utilizing fast page mode (similar to PC532), but
using DIPs.
1 Boot EPROM
1 Ethernet interface, both Cheapernet (10BASE2) and Thick (10Base5).
2 8 Channel Octarts - 16 serial channels. Requires daughterboard for RS232
drivers. These channels have full modem control (as per PC532).
DP8490 SCSI interface to header and edge connector.

With a 32532 instead of the 32GX32 this board could also run Minix... A
cheaper PC532...

best regards,

-- 
George Scolaro
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