NOS Bare Boards: What to do? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

11 Apr 1998

One other thing, before soldering stuff onto that board, make a copy
of it.  (Do photocopiers make decent prints of bare boards?)  Once
a board has chips soldered onto it, it can be a pain to figure out
which things connect to what.  Having a bare-board print could help
a lot in reverse-engineering the schematic (although I suspect there
are still MP-A schematics to be had out there).  And who knows, you
might someday want to clone that board.

	Cheers,
	Bill.

] From: "Jeff Kaneko" &lt;Jeff.Kaneko(a)ifrsys.com&gt;
] 
] Guys:
] 
] Afer looking at a number of responses, Uncle Roger's position 
] seems the most logical to me (besides, one other person suggested 
] this also).  I think I'll buy that parts to build this, and just keep 
] it until needed.
] 
] Building it won't be a priority, though. The MP-A wasn't exactly the 
] best SS-50 CPU available.  I have a NOS Thomas Instruments Super CPU, 
] that I've wanted to build for years.  Compared with other S-50 boards 
] of that era, it had alot of cool features.  I am working on getting a 
] couple of scarce parts for its companion video board.
] 
] Jeff