All good ideas, especially the 8085 and the sense switch input. I wish the 
msdos board had a sense switch input. 

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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Tom Lafleur <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Some notes for Ver one...  To gain some room on the board....
> 
> As suggested before....
> 
> Use only 4 wire rs232 with max232a/tr202, removing need for +-12v ( 3 to 4 
> chip saving)
> Move to 8085, no need for +12 or -5v, less support chip needed... ( ~2 chip 
> saving)
> 
> Make board stand alone, no other boards needed to make it run... ( plus 1 
> chip)
> Fix upper address and data lines to bus issues .  (Plus 2 chips)
> 
> New ideas...
> 
> Replace 8212's with 74als logic (~ 3 chip saving)
> 
> Replace ram chips with one larger chip, (wasting part of the chip to save 
> room if needed) 64k x 8 or larger like an as6c4008 with a poor man's mmu if 
> their room on board...(use output port?) like zeta board.... (~ plus 1 to 2 
> chip saving)
> 
> If room, allow room for a dip switch with pull-ups on input port.... (~ plus 
> 1 chip)
> 
> 
> Just my ideas from building the board....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Tom Lafleur
> 
> 
> On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Crusty OMO <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Opps, thanks for letting me know... I guess it's a cut n paste error or just 
> an over sight.
> 
>  
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:34:41 -0800
> Subject: 8080a board
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> 
> fyi...
> 
> 
> ​It appears that UART1 at A5 is connected to COM1 port, P1/P2 on the  board, 
> but the schematic say its connected to P3/P4​
> 
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