Yes, times have changed for the smaller, no doubt about that. I suppose we can think of the 68000 boards as the computer equivalent of our vintage boat anchors. Not quite so heavy, but relatively big (and much easier to work on!)
Folks are out there who are into vintage computers ... just need to find them. I surely don't want to dump it all out. Cheers, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-321-1516 http://WilcoxEngineering.com http://WilcoxPublishing.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28062?ref=awilcox Williamsport, PA 17701 On 2/17/12 10:40 AM, Mark Bayern wrote: >> Good times and good work, but to big a package to fit inside a KX3! > Fitting the 64pin dip by itself into the KX3 would be a challenge > without the I/O, memory, clock stuff and the glue needed to make it > all work. > > Mark > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Mike Heitmann<[email protected]> wrote: >> Absolutely good memories! I wrote lots of software for VME racks packed with >> 68K >> processors. We used them to automate production testing of military avionics >> sub-systems. The later ones ran on the OS-9 operating system which could be >> "EPROMed" for deployment. >> >> Good times and good work, but to big a package to fit inside a KX3! >> >> Mike, N0SO >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
