I wonder if there would be enough interest and/or
resources to produce a
new batch of the boards for it?
At one company I worked for years ago, we made small
circuit boards for some thingamajig. If the artwork
was available (and MM is still around, I doubt they
refrain from releasing it provided they still had it)
I'd be inclined to give it a crack my self, save for
the fact that it has 7 layers. The Radio Electronics
robot board which appeared in about '88 would be an
easier project imo. Only 2 layers, and they put the
artwork right in the magazine. I imagine I'm going to
attempt it this winter. I e-mailed the company who
made the prototype and distributed it, and they
e-mailed me the FORTH interpreter rom image, but
unfortunately that's all they had. IIRC there was 3,
BIOS, BASIC, and FORTH.
It boots
using the serial console as I haven't yet tried it
with a video card. I
might never 'bring it to that point' as that just
transforms it into a
kinda-PC/XT system.
For what it's worth, it's exactly what I'd do if I
had one ;). I wouldn't be limited to that. I remember
he stated in the article that "in theory" a video card
should work. I recommend a PGA card - make that cards
- if you happen to have one (them). I don't, but I
have something similar, a dual card w/an onboard 80186
made by Vermont Microsystems. Anyone got the drivers
for it?
I booted CP/M-86 on it...the disk... .A86 source
code...CP/M on the three diskette set...third party
apps...69 diskettes...some of the disks...'BIOS
source >code'...low level
system things...
Dude, pleeease make those disks into images before
catastrophe befalls them :(
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