I'm pinging just to confirm my interest. Obviously I'd prefer an updated V3, but if not possible, a simple rerun of the old board would still interest me (still 3 PCBs for me).
Thanks! On May 24, 2015 11:28 PM, "Howard Feindel" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, folks, it’s been almost a year since the postings in June 2014 > (thread started by Ed Snider in May) in which John solicited comments on a > 68K CPU board with minor revisions from the V3 board, a reworked board, or > a 68020 board. The last posting was by Josh Bensadon on 04 June. > > > > Then, in January of this year, Rick Bromagen started another thread, > which petered out in February after John’s final posting. > > > > The 68K CPU board was my main reason for getting involved with this group > in June of last year. Unfortunately, since then, I haven’t seen anything > definite regarding another production run for this board. > > > > So I contacted John this morning regarding the current status of the > board, and here are his comments: > > > > Unfortunately the 68K board has kind of fallen off the wagon. There were > some timing issues above 6-8MHz that really need a deep study of the > signals. I’m so rusty on the 68K signals/CPU it would need an extensive > time commitment to debug. > > > > Somebody else had problems trying to get the current board working with > the V2 IDE board. I think it was Yoda, (traveling so I cannot check). > This was one of the reasons for doing the V3 IDE board. On a V3 prototype > he seem to feel it now worked. > > > > My suggestion would be to put up a post on the Google’s Group and see what > the interest and consensus going forward would be. > > > > I certainly can do another board if there are just small changes. For > example 4 boards by PCBCart run about $170 + FedEx. > > > > John > > > > Personally, I want two 68000/68010 boards, either V3 (with the updates) or > a new GAL-based version, and preferably with 68K-master/Z80-slave > capability. And I'd like very much to be able to run them at higher > speeds than 6-8MHz. I'm more than willing to wait a while to give John > time to wave his trusty magic wand and give us a stable 68K CPU board that > will run above 6-8MHz and work well with other boards. Going forward, > I’d also be interested in a 68020 board, but that will, of course, require > lots of work. > > > > I’d also be interested in finding out from someone (Yoda/Dave, perhaps?) > if the new production V3 Dual IDE/CF board definitely alleviates any of > the issues with the V3 68K board. I’m not sure whether or not there are > problems with the 68K and the Propeller I/O board. Comments, anyone? > > > > In line with John’s suggestion that we see what interest currently exists > for the 68K CPU boards, let’s see where everyone currently stands. Here’s > an update to the latest list that Ed Snider posted last year (I added Jack, > Josh, Rick, and myself to the original list): > > > 1. Fabio Battaglia - 3 > 2. Paul Birkel - 1 > 3. Todd Goodman - 3 > 4. Brian Marstella - 1 > 5. Jerry Brumble - 2 > 6. Gary Kaufman - 2 > 7. Andrew Bingham - 1 > 8. Matt Turner - 2 > 9. Yoda - 1 > 10. Andrew Kwan - 1 > 11. Ian May - 2 > 12. Jack Rubin - 1 > 13. Josh Bensadon - 1 > 14. Rick Bromagen - 2 > 15. Howard Feindel - 2 > > > > Total: 25 > > > > (I assume that everyone would prefer an updated V3 board rather than just > another run of the current V3 board. If not, sound off, please.) > > > > If you’re not listed but are interested, or if your interest or quantity > have changed, please post and so state. > > > > Thanks, > HWF > > > -- > 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.
