Oh, Even better. Price is for Qty two and they come with mounting hardware.



On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Don Caprio <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes Andrew those like like could work. We would also need the momentary on
> as well.
>
> Last time I priced them:
>
> A Complete set:
>  8 M2012TNW03-EC,    On-NONE-ON RED      $4.80  $38.40  $33.04
>  8 M2012TNW03-EG,    ON-NONE-ON BLUE     $4.80  $38.40  $33.04
>  2 M2018TNW03-EC,    (ON)-OFF-(ON) RED   $6.05  $12.10
>  3 M2018TNW03-EG,    (ON)-OFF-(ON) BLUE  $6.05  $18.15
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Andrew Bingham <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Don - would these work?  If we didn't care so much about the color?
>>
>>
>> http://www.electronicsurplus.com/Item/2111/JBT%20-%20Switch_%20rocker_%20SPDT-5A_%20Package%20of%202_%20-%203-532/
>>
>> Andrew B
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 6, 2014 9:53:14 PM UTC-7, Don Caprio wrote:
>>
>>>  Josh, Rich, and S-100 gang,
>>>
>>> The Imsai front panel S-100 (aka fp-mini) was stalled for quite some
>>> time. Family, work and
>>> remodel project left no spare time.
>>>
>>> Looks like we have new life on the project. Many, many thanks to Josh
>>> who got one of prototype
>>> boards and worked out the final bugs. Looks like The next prototype
>>> should be our last before
>>> production run.
>>>
>>> This board is a bit pricey due to the cost of the mini paddle switches.
>>> A completed set of paddle
>>> switches goes for ~ $125.00. My source for the toggles left the company
>>> so I'm finding a new
>>> contact and pricing.
>>>
>>> The FP-Mini and Josh's new 8080 board is going to make a fantastic, two
>>> board complete system.
>>>
>>> I'm working with a local sheet metal fabricator on a mini-chassis based
>>> around the fp-mini and the
>>> S-100 8 slot mother board. I needed a chassis design for the next board
>>> layout. We'll need to move
>>> switches around and provide mounting holes on the PCB. Anyone who has
>>> ideas or experience
>>> creating a photo mask for the Plexiglas section drop me a line. It may
>>> be as simple as printing a
>>> transparency on a laser printer.
>>>
>>> Once I get a final price on the chassis I'll send out a notice to see
>>> who's
>>> interested. The more we order the cheaper they are. I've mocked up a
>>> prototype of the chassis
>>> for your review and comments.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/ 6/14 07:55 AM, Crusty OMO wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks John,
>>>
>>> Andrew,
>>>
>>> That would be great if you could do a fill on the area around the
>>> regulator, or perhaps walk me through it?  The other error about pads being
>>> next to each other doesn't matter, I just over rule the computer's
>>> objection.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Josh
>>>
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: [N8VEM-S100:3991] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 21:26:15 -0700
>>>
>>>  Josh, Andrew may be able to brush it up. He is a marvel at that these
>>> things
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Crusty OMO
>>>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 5, 2014 8:29 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>
>>> *Subject:* RE: [N8VEM-S100:3990] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> I uploaded the board, schematic(s), gerber files and firmware file to
>>> the Wiki site.
>>> Look in
>>> Board Information, S-100 boards, S-100 ALTAIR-IMSAI 8080 CPU Board
>>>
>>> The DRC produces 2 errors which I don't know how to suppress.
>>> 1 error is a drill pad next to a mounting pad for the SD card,  I
>>> oversized the pads and they overlap.  Neither pad is an active pin or
>>> conductor, the drill is just a pilot hole to position the SD card socket,
>>> the pad is just to solder the body of the socket.
>>> The other error(s) are from a bunch of traces I dumped around the
>>> voltage regulator to act as some extra heat sink.  I should really do a
>>> "fill" in that area, but I don't know how and it's just easier for me to
>>> zig zag some wide traces to do the job.  I ignore the errors, the gerber
>>> files look good.
>>>
>>> The firmware file is just a modification of my 8080 monitor program.
>>> It's been modified to use the 8250 UART's, and it also has the start of the
>>> SPI/SD card interface.  I only got as far as receiving the 0x01 status byte
>>> from the SD card, which means it initialized successfully and I am able to
>>> talk to it.  In the weeks to come, I'll return to working on the firmware
>>> to get it to boot CP/M from the SD card.  But first, I must make some
>>> progress with my ELF projects.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Josh Bensadon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: [N8VEM-S100:3982] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 09:20:20 -0700
>>>
>>>  Josh, great work – you must have a lot of time on your hands!
>>>
>>> Could you put me down for 2 boards.
>>>
>>> Also could you point me to the most current schematic/board diagram
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Crusty OMO
>>>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 4, 2014 7:20 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>
>>> *Subject:* RE: [N8VEM-S100:3964] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> Well I'm finally done laying out this board.  The autorouter only
>>> produced swiss cheese with over 900 via's.  It looked terrible!
>>> Anyway, I scrapped everything the autorouter did initially, and
>>> proceeded to layout the traces manually.  Once I got what I thought was all
>>> the hard parts done, I let the autorouter have another go at it.  Again it
>>> did not work out so well and it was unable to complete the board, so I
>>> proceeded to undo it's changes and/or improve it's routing manually.  I
>>> squeezed those traces in there tight, any tighter and they'll be popping
>>> off the board.  Anyway, I'm working on the silkscreen layer and ready to do
>>> a run.
>>> Here's a picture of the board layout....
>>> You can see the serial port connections on the top left, SD card to the
>>> right of the 27C256 EPROM, parallel ports next to that and the ALTAIR and
>>> IMSAI front panel connectors.  There are also a few jumpers around the
>>> board to configure for CPU or Peripheral board only and ALTAIR/IMSAI mode.
>>> Firmware for the board will be my next project, but I have to make
>>> preparations for VCF-MW my priority.  Dave Ruske and I will be doing a
>>> COSMAC 1802 exhibit there in September.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Josh Bensadon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: [N8VEM-S100:3711] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>> Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 00:57:20 +0000
>>>
>>>  Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> Well, this project has just reached a milestone.  The hardware is tested
>>> and working.  I had some rewiring to do to make it work for the ALTAIR, I
>>> thought the ALTAIR and IMSAI front panels were (near) identical, but they
>>> are not.
>>> There are some jumpers on the board to configure between ALTAIR and
>>> IMSAI.
>>>
>>> Here's a picture of my debugging and testing setup.  The board is being
>>> tested in the ALTAIR.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now entering Phase 2... building a PCB.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Josh Bensadon
>>>  ------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Subject: RE: [N8VEM-S100:3666] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>> Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 13:56:05 -0700
>>>
>>>  Very nice Josh!
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Crusty OMO
>>>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2014 1:19 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>
>>> *Subject:* RE: [N8VEM-S100:3664] ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> Well, I'm cooking up this board at the moment.  I have all the hardware
>>> figured out to run like the original CPU boards.
>>> I need to do a little more testing of the hardware, then I'll proceed to
>>> building the boards.
>>> The Memory, I/O, UARTs and SPI interface to the SD card appear to all be
>>> working.
>>> 8K chunks of memory can become either ROM, RAM or mapped off the board.
>>>
>>> CPU: 8080A
>>> UARTS: 2x 8250
>>> RAM: 2x 32K
>>> ROM: 32K
>>> I/O: 8 input, 6 output pins
>>> SPI to SD Card interface
>>> ALTAIR & IMSAI Front Panel Connectors.
>>>
>>> Where ROM is selected in a block it overlaps the RAM on reads, but
>>> writes go through to RAM.
>>> The ROM can then be disabled and reads will come from the RAM at that
>>> location.
>>> The firmware is copying itself to RAM then switching off the ROM.
>>> The CPU can be deselected with jumpers and the board will work as
>>> RAM/ROM and I/O for another CPU on the bus.
>>>
>>> Pictures attached.  Yellow-Data, Brown-Address, Blue-I/O,
>>> Green-Control/Status & everything else.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Josh Bensadon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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