7 Mar
2013
7 Mar
'13
1:49 p.m.
> It had NINE slots, with the alternate ones spaced
the same as the 5150,
> thus permitting 5150 case if you didn't need bracket on four of them.
> But, the UNUSUAL part about it was that it was designed to work from a
> terminal, instead of PC style keyboard and screen. That apparently didn't
> work out, so he came out with a keyboard ISA card. (to make the machine
> forgettable)
On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I have a booklet of schematics for a very similar kit,
but I don't think
the name is "Micromint". Also, wasn't the UART something like an 8274,
rather than an 8250, shared with DRAM on an ISA board?
The one that I was talking about was the MPX-16
It was available from Micromint (Steve Ciarcia Cicuit Cellar) ,
Cedarhurst, NY
for $1200
$595 wave soldered kit
$400 bare board
manuals $50
http://books.google.com/books?id=zQWNinpbFx0C&pg=PA120&source=gbs_s…
Steve Ciarcia wrote quite a bit about it.
It would have been out of my price comfort zone, if I hadn't gotten the
chance to take over somebody else's unfinished (not even completely
soldered yet) project. THAT brought the price into range.
When I closed up my office 10+ years ago, Sellam got both of the MPX-16s.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com