Re: S-100 board reorders

[lynchaj <lyn...@yahoo.com>]

Hi Dave!  Thanks!  Yes, the S-100 68K CPU board is getting very close
and is in the final stage of PCB trace route optimization now.  It has
had more than its share of set backs but the more complex CPU boards
seem to be plagued with problems and a *lot* of rework.

The good news is that we are getting very close.  A big "Thank You" to
John Monahan for patience and continuing to hammer out the bugs.  I
think the S-100 68K CPU board is going to be very solid and good
performing board.  I am hoping between it and the S-100 80386 CPU
board currently in development that things bode well for more 32 bit
CPU boards like 68040.  More to come!

I appreciate all your great effort and hard work.  We are making great
progress even if slow sometimes!  Thanks and have a happy holidays!

Andrew Lynch

PS, adding 10 S-100 prototyping boards definitely pushes those up the
queue!  Agree the "regular, unbuffered" is a bit more generic than the
buffered one.  The buffered board seems ideal for port IO type boards
(the majority of prototypes fit this category) but less flexible for
CPU type boards.  Either can be made to work though.

On Dec 20, 9:51 pm, yoda <y....@r2d2.org> wrote:
> Hi Andrew
>
> I would really like to see the 68K board get out of the queue - it goes
> nicely with the work I am doing on the 68360 board.
>
> Also I would like to see the basic proto board get a spin as well as the
> buffered board is not that flexible if you want to do things with
> processors or use a different style of decoding.  You can put me down for
> 10 of them if that helps move that up in the queue.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Thursday, December 20, 2012 6:57:49 PM UTC-6, lynchaj wrote:
>
> > Hi
>
> > I am looking for ideas on S-100 board orders/reorders for after the S-100
> > LAVA PCB order arrives (imminent) and the S-100 Console IO board reorder
> > (next).
>
> > The S-100 68K CPU board and S-100 80286 CPU board are the next PCB
> > orders.  However I really don’t have a clear preference for the next board
> > reorders.
>
> > I am thinking some of the common more popular boards should go next such
> > as the S-100 IDE V2, S-100 4MB SRAM, and S-100 buffered prototyping board.
>
> > Those tend to go quickly and won’t “plug up the system” with a bunch of
> > unsold boards.
>
> > Ideas?  Comments?  Thoughts?  Please let me know.  Thanks and have a happy
> > holidays!
>
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