If John and Andrew are OK with it then I'll be coordinating a volume purchase (I'm keeping track of those who have said they want them.)
I'll certainly try to minimize the cost. I'll post an estimate before placing an order. Todd * Paul Birkel <[email protected]> [140227 16:38]: > IFF we're going to do a volume purchase, than please list me for one board > with the two associated daughter-boards. I assume that we're talking about > a target cost of $25 given that there are three boards involved and thus > more in^2. > > If the intended panelization runs the daughter-boards across the top then > perhaps three should be included given the overall board width as compared > to an individual daughter-board length? > > Or perhaps they can be panelized along one end of the motherboard? > > (And it seems such a shame to see that real-estate across the upper-board > go to waste! Oops, be "underutilized" :->.) > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Todd Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm willing to coordinate a larger purchase and will take three of these > > boards myself. > > > > Todd > > > > * monahanz <[email protected]> [140226 20:03]: > > > > > > > > > Back over 2 years ago Andrew and I put together an S100 bus "4MB Static > > RAM > > > board" with IEE-696 8/16bit data carrying capacity. This board has > > proven > > > to be very popular and very reliable. Over 30 boards were already made > > and > > > distributed to users. However in our quest to install 16 and 32 bit > > CPU's > > > on the S100 bus, 4MG has started to look like a limitation. The S100 bus > > > is capable of addressing up to 16MG. For this 4 of the above boards would > > > be needed. > > > > > > Over the past few years the price and availability of high speed static > > > RAM's have changed dramatically. It is now feasible to place 16MB of > > > high speed IEE-696 8/16 bit RAM on a single board. A prototype of this > > > board is described here:- > > > > > > > > http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/16M%20RAM%20Board/16MG%20RAM%20Board.htm > > > > > > It's unclear what the interest is in people obtaining a "commercial > > style" > > > bare board like this. I will definitely be getting 4 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. If there is group member right now that could > > > coordinate a purchase all the better. > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
