PDP8 Omnibus to USB interface

how much?????????

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Philipp Hachtmann<hachti at hachti.de>** wrote: Hi folks, > > I'd like to introduce my newly designed Omnibus-USB interface. > I designed a quite well working prototype of something that looks like a > KL8E for the PDP8 and like a serial port on the PC - but is none of both > :-) > > It ist not meant as a console terminal replacement (which it could be > used > as) but as an alternative IO device used to dump (archive!) and restore > mass storage media. > To the people who don't know the problems of having MASSES of disks and > tapes to dump: Please don't flame. > > Pictures and some more information can be found on my website: > http://pdp8.hachti.de?gallery/****omnibus_usb<http://pdp8.hachti.de?gall… > <http://pdp8.**hachti.de?gallery/omnibus_usb<http://pdp8.hachti.de?gallery/omnibus_usb> > > > > > My intention is to design an improved (probably full height) version and > do a little production run. As I'm currently out of work, selling those > boards could help a bit. I can do it only if I get enough preorders. So I > ask everybody with serious interest to tell me how many boards he wants > and > how much he could spend. Based on that feedback I'll decide if I can do > it > and fix a price. It won't be cheap - but very helpful and cool! > > I'd really like to make some more. It would be great if there's enough > interest to do it. > > If you have any suggestions, let me know! > > > Kind regards, > > Philipp :-) > > -- > > > Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Philipp Hachtmann > Buchdruck, Bleisatz, Spezialit?ten > > Alemannstr. 21, D-30165 Hannover > Tel. 0511/3522222, Mobil 0171/2632239 > Fax. 0511/3500439 > hachti at hachti.de > www.tiegeldruck.de > > UStdID DE 202668329 > >