20 Oct
2007
20 Oct
'07
11:06 p.m.
At 11:18 AM 10/20/2007, you wrote:
On 20 Oct 2007 at 12:32, Doc Shipley wrote:
Yes. 200MHz ARM SBCs are available for $149 with 100B-T, USB host,
etc. These are as fast as advertised. : )
Given the options, I figured a Z80 based solution would be
preferable. It would give an excuse for people to support Howard,
and provide a tool useful for stuff other than transferring disks.
A stand alone controller for 3.5, 5.25 and 8" disks would be handy
though... It would be useful for the Altair project I'm working
on. ; ) Only if its USB and enumerates itself as a mass storage
device. None of the serial converter stuff. ; )
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Oh, golly the casemodders have been fooling around with small-
footprint mobos for years.
And there's always PC104, no? Basically ISA--and a variety of
processors (yes, even x86) are available with that bus, as well as
prototyping cards.
An old PC with some ISA slots (free, usually) and a few ISA prototype
boards (about $20 or so the each) would seem to satisfy the basic
need pretty handily, wouldn't it? Easy to program, free tools, etc.
Or am I missing something important here?
"small"? :)