Andrew / John Please can you include me for one S-100 MS-DOS V2 board in your early batch as mentioned in your post, I don't mind paying more for a lower volume order, please let me know how much to send (UK buyer) and who to. regards David Fry
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 2:58:32 AM UTC, monahanz wrote: > Back over 2 years ago Andrew and I put together an S100 bus “MSDOS > Support board”. This board was designed to allow one to run Microsoft’s > MSDOS (V4.10) right out of the box utilizing common hardware/configuration > etc. found in a PC and our 8088/8086/80286 family of CPU boards. > > The board has proven to be very popular and reliable. Over 20 boards were > already made and distributed to users. I decided to add a few small > changes to the board to improve its functionality. We are calling this > board the* “**V2-MSDOS Support Board”*. The changes include:- > > *1. Add a HolTek HT6542 PC keyboard controller chip to allow a MSDOS > keyboard and mouse connection * > > *2. Replace the RTC with a chip that utilizes a separate battery for > future replacements/availability * > > *3. Optimize the board layout and traces so the overall lengths are > shorter and more reliable* > > * 4. Remove the S100 bus extra wait state circuit * > > * 5. Label the board jumper options on the board better.* > > A brief description of the V2 board can be found here:- > > > http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/MSDOS%20Board/MSDOS%20Board.htm#V2 > > MS_DOS Support > > (Bottom of the page). > > It’s unclear what the interest is in people obtaining a “commercial style” > bare board like this. I will definitely be getting 3 for myself. If you > absolutely need one sooner rather than later let Andrew know we can include > you in the early “first batch”. Otherwise stay tuned for a later group > purchase by (hopefully) a group member that will organize a larger purchase > - at a lower price. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
