28 Jun
1999
28 Jun
'99
2:37 p.m.
In message <Pine.SGI.3.95.990628081529.14266A-100000(a)world.std.com>om>, allisonp@w
orld.std.com writes:
Ah, that makes sense. I guess after being spoiled by the well
and widely documented Unibus and Q-bus anything less seemed like
they wanted to keep it all to themselves.
Brian
On Sun, 27 Jun 1999 blstuart(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
Sure. Send me you address and I'll try to make a copy at work
tomorrow.
The book includes the schematics and a brief
technical description
of the KIMSI, a commercial KIM to S-100 product. It's covered in
Chapter 15, "6502/6800 to S-100 Conversion."
Would it be possible to get a copy of the schematic and minimal text? It was open?
I could swear I remember a really big stink in
the DEC press when the BI was introduced. Of course, this
wouldn't be the first time bit-rot affected my historical
claims.
It was open but DEC was the sole source for the interface/protocal
chipset. Hence the stink. It' was never actully locked as a few years
later there was both a second source and a "open" spec available. The
fact of the matter is most vendor specific buses tend to be somewat
closed if by virtue of lack of adoption by third parties.