On thing that I am thinking might be fun would be to have this board and the Josh's 8080A board on a little mini "2-4 slot backplane" - this would give the pure vintage, serial terminal experience.
Then in the same chassis, behind that, you could have a larger backplane with all the modern IEEE spec cards, the 386 board, etc. Andrew On Friday, August 1, 2014 4:04:49 PM UTC-7, Don Caprio wrote: > > Leonard, > > I'm also working on a mini S-100 chassis (see previous posts) which is > designed around this > FPMini and the 8 slot mother board. The chassis will have a see through > plexi-glass panel with > silkscreen similar to the IMSAI. > > I haven't figured out how to do the photo mask. Perhaps it may be as > simple as using > a 8x11 transparency printed on an inject or laser printer. > > I've got a lot of parallel efforts going on surrounding this board. > Learning AutoDesk for sheet metal > and also using it to layout the photomask is proving to be a challenge. > Anyone with ideas on > how to do the photomask and/or want to help please contact me. > > My ultimate goal is to have the FPMini, Josh's 8080 CPU board, 8-slot > backplane > and chassis as a complete base system which runs CP/M. > > > > > On 08/ 1/14 01:38 PM, lcyoung wrote: > > Yes. Don, Put me down for 2 (two) of the Imsai Front Panel boards. Any > plans for group purchase of nice-looking swithces? (hopefully)! > > It would be *very* nice if someone could work up the plastic panel with > graphics... > > Leonard Young > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [ > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *John Monahan > *Sent:* Friday, August 01, 2014 2:33 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* RE: [N8VEM-S100:4773] Announcing FPMini - IMSAI Style front > Panel Reproduction > > > > Looks great Don, two for me. Could you point me to the most current > schematic > > John > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [ > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Don Caprio > *Sent:* Friday, August 1, 2014 11:00 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [N8VEM-S100:4771] Announcing FPMini - IMSAI Style front Panel > Reproduction > > > > > Were getting ready to order what may be the final revision of the S-100 > Mini Front Panel Board (AKA FPMini). > > I'd like to get an idea how many builders are interested in obtaining this > board. > If your interested please email me your request with desired quantity. > I'm hoping to keep the board in the $25 range. > > Special thanks to Rich and Josh (Crusty) for helping shake out this board. > > > > > > -- > > Don Caprio > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > 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] <javascript:>. > 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] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Don [email protected] <javascript:> > > -- 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.
