Re: [N8VEM-S100:24]

[Max Scane <mjs...@gmail.com>]

Hi Douglas,

Yes the SBC V2 is fully self contained.  CP/M 2.2 is available in the ROM along with a ROM and RAM disk.  The V2 has battery backup for the RAM disk so as long as you keep a battery connected, the contents of the RAM disk will be kept.

You might also consider the PPIDE mini-board.  This board is low cost and allows you to connect an IDE drive (or CF via an adapter) to the parallel port on the SBC. 

Cheers!

Max

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Douglas Goodall <douglas...@mac.com> wrote:

Andrew,

If I wanted to start working with ECB hardware, I assume I would start with a

SBC,  then get a backplane, and some disk I/O...

Should I  start with the SBC V2? Is that enough to get started with CP/M 2.2?

If so please verify and I will purchase one asap... and backplane and bus monitor.

I can afford the three boards. Am I headed the right direction?

Douglas

On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Andrew Lynch wrote:

Hi!  Recently I’ve gotten some questions about how many PCBs I have available.  Here is a quick snap shot of my PCB shelf:

 

ECB
Cassette Interface	14
Disk IO	13
Prop IO	12
Backplane	13
SBC V2	10
SBC-188	15
4MEM	17
Prototyping board with IO decode	7
Zilog Peripherals	15
SCG	5
Bus Monitor	5
MSX Cartridge reader	7
DSKY	8
uPD7220 V2 prototype	6
Extended backplane	13
6x0x host processor	15
6x0x ECB backplane	17
6x0x IO mezzanine	13
S-100
parallel ASCII keyboard	5
regular prototyping board	3
PIC/RTC	3
Mini Boards
PPIDE	2
AT2XTKBD	32
ECB to Z80 socket adapters	13
Juha SD	6
SCSI to IDE prototypes	5
Chips
80C188-25 CPU	31
WD37C65 FDC	23

 

If you see any boards you would like please contact me.  The ECB and S-100 boards are $20 each.  The Mini Boards are $5 each.

 

Thanks and have a nice day!

Andrew Lynch