Zach Malone skrev: Of course not. Thankfully, it's got a PC-style serial port, as opposed to the old HP 9-pin one. I really like the 380 too, but is it really supposed to run that hot? After an hour or so, the case is so hot, it burns! I suspect the Topcat (6-bitplane) card to be the prime suspect. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

Carlos Murillo skrev: No, I haven't got any expansion box. It's all crammed into a 30?30?12 cm box. An extra ethernet card is fit in the top slot. Fans? What fans? Is it supposed to have fans? One thing I found particularly sympathetic about it was the fact that it was absolutely silent. The only thing which reveals that it's running is the smell of burning ICs. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. "Auf Sparc-Maschinen ist Linux weit weniger gut. Auf Maschinen mit sun4 Architektur ist NetBSD etwa 30% schneller. Wer auf so einer Maschine Linux faehrt tut es aus ideologischen Gruenden oder kennt nichts anderes." Aus: de.comp.os.unix.misc, "Was ist schneller?"

cmurillo skrev: That's what I intend to do with it. It's so silent, after all. BTW, this M$ Nimda thing or whatever it is is really running rampart. I'm just surprised that my 1994 vintage port of NCSA httpd seems more inpermeable than that server software for which all those queer requests are intended. Are they that difficult to get hold of, though? There seems to always be some 9000/300 series stuff on eBay. This particular card seems older than the "motherboard"; I suppose this case has been upgraded from an earlier 300 series without built-in ethernet. In any case, the card is of the type with a card-edge connector. It plugs into a board with two such connectors, which in turn connects into the bus with a DIN connector. If one is creative with a hacksaw, it should be possible to fit two ethernet cards into that adapter backplane. I thought it was supposed to cool itself through creating some kind of airflow based on different pressures or something. =) -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. G? med i SUGA, Swedish Usergroup of Amiga! WWW: http://swedish.usergroup.amiga.tm/ BBS: 08-6582572, telnet://sua.ath.cx:42512

Carlos Murillo skrev: Blimey, why is it so dark in here? 98643 is the number. There are some pages scanned in from the installation guide on one of FatMac site, I think. Anyway, it doesn't have to be for the 300 series, I suppose. It uses the same kind of card-edge interface found on the 200 series cards. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.

I also have a 30x30x12 enclosed 380, it has two 80mm (maybe even three) fans mounted in the front which blow air onto the boards, and out the grating in the back. If you are missing those, it could explain why you've been having problems. Zach ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se> To: "Carlos Murillo" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Half-duplex VT420? Carlos Murillo skrev: everything with and No, I haven't got any expansion box. It's all crammed into a 30?30?12 cm box. An extra ethernet card is fit in the top slot. Fans? What fans? Is it supposed to have fans? One thing I found particularly sympathetic about it was the fact that it was absolutely silent. The only thing which reveals that it's running is the smell of burning ICs. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. "Auf Sparc-Maschinen ist Linux weit weniger gut. Auf Maschinen mit sun4 Architektur ist NetBSD etwa 30% schneller. Wer auf so einer Maschine Linux faehrt tut es aus ideologischen Gruenden oder kennt nichts anderes." Aus: de.comp.os.unix.misc, "Was ist schneller?"

I recently acquired an AVR Basic Microcontroller "Maxi Board" which is an applicaton of the AVR 90S8535 MCU with a number of potentially useful features. However, it's got the worst set of documents that I've ever seen published for what should be a substantial product of its type. It has errors, it lacks vital description elements, e.g. which CPU pin drives which connector pin, etc. They lon longer, however, make the board I have, and, as a result, I'm hoping that the "real" doc's have simply been replaced by the ones for their current model. I'm certainly not going to buy one of their current products if this one's doc is representative of what they produce. Any info directrly acquired from dealing with the board mfg's (Investment Technologies, in AU) that you can share would be appreciated. thanks, Dick

I've got plenty of information about the AVR, but this particular board, and original ABC "Maxi" board from Investment Technologies, an Autralian company. The problem is that their documentation, which they freely distribute, is in a poor state, either due to poor preparation and premature release, or poor maintenance, particularly in light of the fact they've released a revised version of the board with the PLCC rather tha DIP version of the AVR. The layout drawing has components missing, though it's clearly the right board verison, and the board has erroneous signal routing to the dedicated LCD module connector, and components reflected in the schematic that aren't on the board, etc. This is either an early version of the documentation that was overwritten on the web site when they put the new board's doc's out there, or it's an all-too-common piece of crappy work. I'm hoping to come across someone who can either (1) provide me with the "real" documentation, sans omissions, or (2) verify what a piece of %$#@! this really is. What appeals to me is that it has 4 optoisolated inputs and 4 mosfet outputs not to mention the LCD support, though it's screwed up. If this stuff I have is the released version of the doc's for this product, and I got the one I have at Radio Shack.com's rummage sale last summer, not from the normal retail channels, then I'm adequately warned off the notion of buying a couple of dozen of these for use in my work, handy or not. OTOH, if there is a good doc package, then I'd risk buying one of the current devices, since it has features I like, for use in rapid prototyping. The AVR is a fairly capble architecture, though still 8-bit in nature. I'd happily use it for the quickies, since this board is only about the size of a playing card. In short, the AVR doc's are not what I'm after. I'm after the specific released documentation for this particular model of this product. Thanks for the offer, Joe. regards, Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:17 AM Subject: Re: OT: Has anybody used the "ABC" AVR Basic Controller?

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