Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!vsi1!daver!bungi.com!news From: jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: List has been quiet lately. What's the hardware project status? Message-ID: Date: 17 Apr 91 05:26:29 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 37 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com A couple of projects either open or tabled: 1. ETH32 board. Last status was George asking how many people would be interested in a board run. 2. Intelligent graphics card / Frame buffer. This is probably second only to the ETH32 board in terms of overall importance (some might say that it's #1) but development status is vague. I'd like to know what designs are currently open and how far people have gotten on them. If this catagory is dead, then it's worth it to me to pursue it myself. 3. DSP board. Low interest for most, but it was discussed at one point so I'm mentioning it for the sake of completeness. 4. ??? Most of the early folks have had their PC532's now for over a year (mine first blinked its lights in March of last year) now and I think things are in danger of bogging down. I've been as lazy as the next person when it comes to delivering on promised software, so don't think that I'm bitching and pointing fingers, but it would be nice to know what folks are *doing* out there. A lot of my own paralysis results from the sinking feeling that what I'm about to start doing has been done already (Jyrki and I played musical patches there for awhile and I'd rather not repeat the experience!). If people are leary of implying committment by saying what they're up to (which I can understand perfectly), then send me personal mail and let me know if it's kosher to simply post a summary description saying "xxx is _being worked on_" with no attribution. This at least gives us the comforting illusion of forward progress, if not the reality! This goes for both hardware AND software, despite the subject line. Jordan