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From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Nubus proto boards
Keywords: Nubus, prototype, digital IO, driver s/w
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Date: 22 Mar 89 14:19:19 GMT
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In article <13389@steinmetz.ge.com> jbloomer@mozart.steinmetz.Ge.Com (john bloomer) writes:
>we've all seen lots of PC AT/XT bus support for prototyping h/w
>even with decoder logic etc on-board.  does the same exist for the
>Nubus - or does the complexity of the slot manager etc. make it the
>real challenge?  what i really want is a Nubus form factor board,
>at least an application note to help getting on and off the bus, and
>a start at some LightSpeed C support code. if it comes w/ decoder
>logic etc., all the better.  my application requires reading and
>writing 1MHz 16-bit parallel words, watching a timer (VIA) and logging
>results.  i would rather not buy a national or GW instruments board - they
>do more than i need, with an emphasis on conversion, and are slow.

This comes up often enough that I'll post in addition to e-mailing my
reply.

Yes, several companies make such boards.  The one that I can point you
to off the top of my head is Creative Solutions, Inc.  They've been at
this as long as anybody: they were offering boards at the first Boston
MacWorld after the Mac II intro.  Their memorable phone number is
1-800-FORTH-OK.  Besides boards with a minimal NuBus interface, they
also sell a variety of complete boards with stuff like serial ports
and parallel ports on them.

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