On 8/3/05, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
Speaking of
which: are there other people out there who collect
development hardware?
I do.
In-circuit emulators:
various Applied Microsystems
I don't just collect ICEs, I use them - I have a Fluke 9010A with
68000 pod and 6502 pod, and an Applied Microsystems box of some kind
(has "2000" in the part number) that we used to use to trace code
flow, etc, on the 68000 in our COMBOARDs. It's currently residing
inside a former VAX-11/725 case that we used to use to wheel the ICE
around in (at one point, 15 years ago, it was cheaper to buy an 11/725
once or twice a year and rob parts than to pay for DEC service on our
11/730. I know there are "better" ways to keep an old machine
running, but we didn't have the luxury of time for component-level
debugging... at least I got to keep all the old parts).
I also have a few evalution kits, the 4MHz Motorola 68000 trainer, a
Motorola 68HC11, and an Intel 8086 are probably my best examples.
-ethan