Gary, please see my previous e-mail

John

 

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Gary Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:36 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [N8VEM-S100:7174] Re: A New 16MB Static RAM S100 Bus Board

 

John -

I've had requests to program GAL's for this board - are the .jed files at the 
bottom of the page ready for distribution?

- Gary

On Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 4:53:49 PM UTC-4, monahanz wrote:

I would like to now introduce what will probably be the final version of our 
very reliable S100 16MB Static RAM board.  

It’s called the V5 16MB Static RAM S100 board.  See here:-

 
<http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/16M%20RAM%20Board/16MG%20RAM%20Board.htm#A_Third_Prototype_16MB_Static_RAM_Board>
 
http://s100computers.com/My%20System%20Pages/16M%20RAM%20Board/16MG%20RAM%20Board.htm#A_Third_Prototype_16MB_Static_RAM_Board

(Bottom of the page).

This board has the following additional features:-

1.      I did not want to change the basic RAM board circuit. It has proven 
itself time and again to be very reliable with any CPU board I could throw at 
it. Common easy to obtain 74LSxx chips are used throughout. 

2.      I wanted to hand lay down broad power traces to all the boards IC’s for 
more even power distribution. 

3.      I have inserted a trace “Keep out Area” on the front of the board so 
there is no danger of the 5V and 3.3V regulator heat sinks touching a critical 
trace beneath.

4.       I added two 22V10 GALs to replace a number of 74LSxx chips.  This 
greatly simplifies the board and somewhat speeds up the RAM access times.  I 
realize not everybody is familiar with GAL’s.  For those people who cannot 
program GALs  and beginners ,I will supply the pre-programmed Lattice 22V10 
GALs. The PALASM code is provided on the web page.  These GAL’s are fairly 
common (Jameco #39159 for the 15ns variety).   

5.       I have added a wait state circuit (0 - 8 I/O wait states) to 
accommodate very fast S100 boards such as our 80386 and 80486 boards. 

6.       People should be able to simply switch IC’s from the old board to this 
new one. Two new GAL ICs is the only major change.  

7.      While the board is really built to meet the 16MB addressing range of 
the IEEE-696 bus, I have added jumper options so the board can be used in older 
systems like an Altair or IMSAI which only use a 16 bit address bus.  
Altair/IMASAI RAM write protect/unprotect can also be implemented on this board.

8.      The board can accommodate EITHER the dual Mezzanine RAM boards 
described above (V6.0c),  for 16MB of static RAM, or 8MB by soldering the 4 SMD 
 CY62167DV30 static RAM chips directly on the board or 16M, by soldering 4 of 
the newer SMD  AS6C3216 (4M X 8bit) static RAM chips on the board.

9.       Last but least, I relabeled much of the Silk Screen to be more 
relevant. For example placing IC numbers above their pin locations etc.    

 

Anyway I will do a group order for a batch of these V5 bare boards.    Please 
let me know ASAP if you would like one or more bare boards. They will run 
somewhere between $14 - $16 each + shipping.  

 It’s best to send me an e-mail direct (monahan AT vitasoft DOT org).

 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.

Reply via email to