On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
Not to mention that designing and producing a very
low production
board such as the ethernet board for the IIGS surely isn't cheap.
The volume just isn't there to drive the price down. Michael Holley
has finished the design of a new floppy controller for the SS-50 bus
machines and has a few examples running and is testing them, but after
paying for the fabrication of the PCB and the various chips and other
parts, the finished board is costing nearly $100 in parts alone. I
would imagine most on this list would balk at paying that much but it
certainly would fill a void if you were in desperate need of a new
floppy controller to get a machine up.
I'm actually interested in one for purposes of data conversion (his card
will allow a 3.5" drive to be connected to an SS-50 machine).
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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