4 Mar
2014
4 Mar
'14
11:15 a.m.
I'd buy a couple but I think the price ($95) is too low given the size of
the board and the # of boards that I think would be ordered (anywhere from
10 - 50).
Marc
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:50 AM, Steve Lafferty <steve at tronola.com> wrote:
I've heard from a fellow, Vince S., who has created a PCB layout for the
PDP-8/e 32K RAM design presented in my article on Tronola.com. He's
considering a Kickstarter launch to offer a $95 kit of parts and PCB but is
wondering if there is sufficient interest. If so, please let it be known.
Features include:
- Battery backup with estimated 10-year data retention.
- Inhibit on power fail to prevent memory corruption.
- Most of the full size Omnibus board offers a prototyping layout.
- Cooperation with any mix of core memory boards. Switches disable 4K
fields.
- Compatibility with Omnibus specs.
- All through-hole parts, for easy assembly.
I'm not associated with the project, other than having published the
article and encouraging his efforts. Vince has published lots of
PDP-8-related and other layouts on his website and will make this one
available as well:
http://so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/cad/cad.php
The article is at:
http://www.tronola.com/html/ram_for_pdp-8e.html
Thanks,
Steve Lafferty
http://www.tronola.com/