29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
3:13 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Didn't come from Cambridge uni originally, did it? :-) I had two from there on
No, most of my Atoms, including this one, came from Reading University. I
also got the System 4 that was used as the Econet file server.
Ooh - you
don't see many Atoms using the expansion bus for System cards (with
the exception of the Disc Pack).
I think one of my other Atoms has one of the lab I/O cards mounted
inside, connected to the system bus. the bench just before I left for the US; both with lab
interface boards
mounted in the bottom of the case. It's the first time I'd seen that actually
done, although I believe that somewhere Acorn do mention as a feature the
possibility of stuffing a System board in there...
The bus pinout is identical, all you need is a length of ribbon cable
with the right connectors on the end.
-tony