Hi John, Yes, I'll plan on a mezzanine board order as well.
Thanks! Todd * John Monahan <[email protected]> [140227 18:04]: > Two things guys, > > First this "board" actually requires the fabrication of two separate boards. > The S100 Board itself and for each board two mezzanine boards. If I > remember correctly, for the last run of the mezzanine board they did 12 on > a "board" and cut them to size. I have enough of the mezzanine boards for > my own use, but Todd you will need to include a batch run of the mezzanine > boards as well. > > > > I'm not sure how these things will cost out. When Andrew sees this e-mail > perhaps he can help. > > > > I have not heard back from Andrew yet on the minor updates for this board > (or MSDOS board) yet to know when they will be ready to send for fabrication > etc. > > > > Please be patient, there is a lot of things in the works right now. > > > > John > > > > > > Second point. There with the pin sockets I use (Jameco #2168173 & 53532) > there is enough room with the mezzanine board to fit a S100 board in the > next slot. Actually the holes on the S100 board are so tight you don't > need the socket, on the final board, I am going to test everything and once > assured all is well solder the mezzanine board directly to the S100 board. > I have not done this on the prototype board since I want to move the RAM > chips around. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Paul Birkel > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [N8VEM-S100:2550] A new 16MB S100 Bus static RAM board > > > > 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%20 > Board.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. 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