John.  What are all the number on the switch.  Please list them or good photos 
of all sides


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> On Jun 7, 2014, at 1:10 PM, "John Monahan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> While on switches guys, has anybody got a suggestion where I might find a 
> replacement reset switch for a Godbout  S100 front panel.  I have looked at 
> numerous Chinese (and US) eBay sites but cannot locate one like the one shown 
> (see the attached pictures).  I have seen this type of switch in the past but 
> cannot locate a source.  It’s a momentary on switch. The second row of 
> contacts are for a light within the switch, I don’t need that. But I do need 
> one that will clip into the panel cut-out (or could be “forced to”).
>  
> John
>  
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of Andrew Bingham
> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 11:42 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [N8VEM-S100:4008] Re: ALTAIR/IMSAI 8080 CPU replacement board & 
> FP-Mini Front panel
>  
> 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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