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From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: 32K "do-it-yourself" kits...
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Date: 9 Nov 88 21:13:23 GMT
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I'd enjoy working on a project to build a 32k system, but I'd rather not
start out by spending $532 for the chip set.  Is anyone interested in
starting with something cheaper?  Here's all the pricing info I have:

532DK '532 designer kit            $532
NS32332U-15  '332 cpu              $177.45
NS32032E-10  '032 cpu              $ 88.70
NSV-32016SK5-6 '016 designer kit   $ 59.00
NSV-32032SK5-6 '032 designer kit   $ 75.00

The two cpu prices are single piece prices from a salesperson at Time
Electronics (an NSC distrib).  Neither he nor I are familiar with the
chips, so I didn't spend a lot of time trying to price a complete chip
set, I was just trying to find a ballpark.

The two designer kits prices are from a piece of literature that I got at
Electro/88 in Boston at the national Booth (or the booth of an NSC
distrib).  The Time guy "didn't have them loaded into his computer".

So, is anything less than a '532 interesting?  The '332 chip is a little
more expensive than a 16MHz 68020 but looks like it might be more
affordable than a '532.  Is there a '332 designer kit?

I recall discussing a computer configuration some time ago under the
subject of "532 Manifesto".  Are we restarting that discussion?
Steve Ligett  steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or               Expiring minds
(decvax harvard linus true)!dartvax!steve.ligett          want to know.