Andrew / John, please retract this request, I will support the larger group order that Neil is arranging. regards David Fry
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:25:06 AM UTC, David Fry wrote: > 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.
