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From: grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: 32K "do-it-yourself" kits...
Keywords: The Ultimate Scrooge...
Message-ID: <7619@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: 8 Nov 88 16:45:20 GMT
References: <2613@sultra.UUCP> <7532@nsc.nsc.com> <2621@sultra.UUCP>
Reply-To: grenley@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (George Grenley)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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In article <2621@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes:
>In article <7532@nsc.nsc.com>, grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley) writes:
 
>> I still maintain that if cheap is your primary goal, you can't beat the 532DK
>> at a whopping $532.  Yes, half a k-buck is not trivial, but you have
>> something which, with work, can be a real OS9/Minix/GNU/whatever system.

>I thought the 532DK was just a designer kit (all five chips + TDS proms).  If
>you want to actually do something with it, you've got to spend months, nay, 
>years, wirewrapping :-)...  What exactly IS the 532DK?

The 532DK includes a PCB.  You can build it yourself, then add DRAM (your
design), and a disk interface (your design) and create a complete
system.

As we supply it, you can write ASM and debug it, and so you have enough to
bootstrap yourself up.

It's a good start, for $532

Regards,
George Grenley
NSC