I finally got around to start work on my hardware development/experimentation/extension card for my wonderful SAM. I designed the address logic for the main card and its first daughter board. Went to my local Maplins and got the little NAND and OR chips. I had to order the connectors since they never had them in stock.
So, I waited patiently until yesterday for my little parcel to arrive on my doormat. I asked for one nice 64 pin (96way) euro-connector for my SAM and one set of nice 32 pin (64way) euro-connectors for the cute little daughter boards. What I got was one 32pin male connector and the invoice saying the other two items were........... wait for it...............DISCONTINUED?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??! Huh? How the hell am I supposed to play with hardware on my SAM if those wonderful standard euroconnectors that you NEED for the SAM are discontinued?!?? Ok. I'm assuming that it's just that Maplin's have stopped selling them for some strange reason. And not because there is a world-wide ban on the things. So, I was wondering if anyone knew of a supplier of these items that don't ask for a 35 quid minimum order... Justin.
