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From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: do it yourself project?
Summary: I guess my mail bounced.
Message-ID: <2644@sultra.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 88 23:12:57 GMT
References: <1268@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU>
Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1268@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU>, ward@cfa.harvard.EDU (Steve Ward) writes:
> 
> I prefer a single homogenous software environment using only the
> selected 32K cpu.  Still, the IBM PC bus and I/O harware can be
> utilized by designing the CPU board to function with an IBM bus
> passive backplane (you get them for $75 - $99), acting as the IBM
> PC bus master.  This gives you one software environment, but uses
> all that PC hardware.  Just pop out your PC mom board and pop in
> a passive backplane.

This isn't a bad idea either.  The data I have received so far (Thanks to
Steve Ligett) says that a bare PC board would cost ~$200 (including setup)
if we could get 20 people interested.  I still can't decide between a
"plug-in" card, and a complete motherboard replacement.  I guess I'm
currently favoring the motherboard idea.  Maybe some sort of vote is in
order?  A straight "co-processor" arrangement is a simpler design (read
cheaper), because such nasties as DMA, etc, are already provided by the
host 8088.

> The first place to start is with a real design and I have only
> heard D. Rand offer one, so far.

Yeah, Dave how about some pricing (preliminary or otherwise) info?

> For the record, nobody responded to
> my posted message offering some CAE/CAD service toward a board
> project - I called for direct email to me on it.  Two messages
> have been posted here that touch on my message.  I am not sure
> there is much interest in making a board, though there may be
> interest in using a board, providing SOMEBODY ELSE makes it,

> Steve W.    ward@cfa.harvard.edu

I guess you didn't get my mail.  Hence I'm posting this.  If you like,
you can pretend I e-mailed it to you :-)
I don't mind doing the design.  Provided I get help/support.  On top of
that, the one thing I hate worse than wirewrapping, is slaving over
schematics.  If someone else wants the task of schematic generation,
I'll happily send him/her some drawings on tissue paper :-)
						- Der
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