Wookey wrote:
[snip]
> On a related point. I've been asked about the 'Idea NC'
>
> > The unit basically is a small white-ish box with what
> appears to be a
> > PCMCIA slot and a "smartcard" slot. Inside there's something that
> > resembles a SIMM slot but not quite.
> > I looked up the big chips on board and found that the Cirrus
> > CL-PS7500FE-QL-A probably is an arm processor
> system-on-chip meant for
> > set-top systems. ...
> > The unit has serial and parallel ports, PS2 connectors for
> console and a
> > vga-ish display connector plus ethernet RJ-45. If you turn
> it on, you'll
> > see the ethernet address and it seems like it's trying a
> netboot of some sort.
>
> This sounds like an Acorn-derived NC to me, but I don't know.
> Does anyone else? And if so is there any support known of?
IIRC we didn't do an NC with an external serial port. All the NCs we
released had either VLSI ARM 7500s or Cirrus Logic ARM 7500FEs. Even if we
did the board design for someone else to manufacture, our copyright would be
on the PCB as either ART, ANC or Acorn.
Neil - looking back into the mists of time ;-)
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