Dave makes good points. I support his idea of a PLCC 68K, CY7C199 RAM, and a more flexible M/S arrangement that allows for 68000-master with Z80-slave. No OTT memory :->.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:57 PM, yoda <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I am not interested in a 68020 - why cripple a processor on a bus > designed for 16 bit max. The over the top memory stuff is crazy. You are > not going to find much software to run on the 68020 without more support > hardware (need RTC, interrupts and more memory to run Linux). The S100 is > just an expensive slow I/O bus for a 68020 - would be better off making an > SBC for it than trying to put it on S100. > > You can gain a lot of room on the board if you would go to the PLCC > version of the 68K - readily available and use the CY7C199 RAM chips which > have a smaller foot print. Having choices in master / slave config is more > important. > > If the direction is 68020 - I withdraw my interest - I already have plans > for a 68060 SBC that would be a lot better direction. > > Dave > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
