I'll throw my hat in the ring too since I'm interested as well. Todd
* David Fry <[email protected]> [140730 12:50]: > Hi John, > > both Vince and Andrew have made mention of an interest in seeing a version > of DEC mini computer technology brought onto the S100 bus (if this is > possible). > This idea is beginning to grow on me and I would like to add my interest to > the number (now 3 :-) ) > I have no experience whatsoever in this area of vintage computing, but what > a trip down the history of computing it could be. > > I noticed that the HD1-6120 seems to be available in small numbers > (including from UT source) > http://www.ebay.com/sch/Business-Industrial-/12576/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=hd1-6120 > > and also the DCJ11 although price is somewhat higher > http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=dcj11 > > or maybe some other significant vintage mini...., again I'm not sure how > practical a suggestion this is but with the Z80 done and the Intel x86 > track done my processor interests are now covered. > > regards > > David Fry > > On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:58:58 PM UTC+1, monahanz wrote: > > > I have been doing some long term planning as to the direction I would > > take in doing new S100 boards. To recap, we now have a 6502, Z80, 8080 > > (Josh), 68000, 8088, 8086, 80286 and soon an 80386 set of boards on the > > S1000 bus. Andrew and I have already started laying out an 80486 board. > > > > > > > > Since I do a lot of flying on business I have time to read up on chips and > > recently I have been thinking what would be the best way to get ARM CPU's > > on the bus. There are many types, and while one could start with a bare > > chip it does seem to make more sense to start with an embedded module. > > There are many of these, most of which boot up Linux immediately. One > > particular one I'm fairly impressed with is an Italian one called "Aria > > G25" see:- > > > > > > > > *http://www.acmesystems.it/aria* <http://www.acmesystems.it/aria> > > > > > > > > Also it lends itself to easy pin splicing/layout on a board. It has good > > documentation and software support. I particularly like the fact that it > > has 60 GPIO pins. These could be easily spliced into our S100 bus so we > > could use our current boards for I/O. (In fact at 400MHz, one could also > > use the S100 RAM!). I know some of you will view this as sticking a > > Lamborghini engine in a Volkswagen, but would it not be neat to see Linus > > running on the S100 bus. > > > > > > > > Comments please, in particular I would be interested in any other similar > > modules. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
