> > > > > Ah! A plug-in-sam is on its way? What about a plug-in-sam-into-pc-box? > > Should solve all the graphic-, sound-, etc-hassle. Only had to > > consentrate on the SPEED of the thingy! > > Well.... the PC box idea -- yes. PC Keyboard? Yes... 1.44 Mb Drives? Just > got to get a suitable controller -- doesn't even have to be compatible with > the existing ones (veee have vays of making it talk!)... Accelerator? > Currently in schematic form... graphics board? Got one upstairs on the > bench... Sound board? Colin Piggot's working on one, and we've got an EDDAC > in PCB form as well... Hard Drive? It's two OR gates at the moment, but that > wouldn't work with every drive... Soo.... Memory? We've got the RYAN 1Gb > interface nearly done... Text Mode? We're looking into it as a new screen > mode for the SAM -- namely to get my comms software up to snuff.. Oh, and > we're looking at a few other fun things too :)
My idea was to use the existing pieces of PC-hardware, eg. the GUS, Dinamite, etc, as ad-ons to a SAM 'Pro' (thus, we all agree that the PC is shitty (?) :), it has some advantages in that there is no other platform that has such a high degree of support), keeping the basic design of the SAM, but using the much more advanced, mass-produced ad-ons for the PC. That is, a SAM with PCI-bus ;) > > Just gotta wait and see now ;) > > Si > -- * Frode Tennebo * It's better to live life in * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * wealth and die poor, than live * * phone: +47 712 57716 * life in poverty and die rich. * * snail: Parkv. 31, 6400 Molde, NORWAY * -Frode Tennebo*
