I brought one of Bob's boards about 18 months ago, and it works a treat. The board has a fully supported IDE interface that allows it to "just Work" with an IDE drive. If you use an adapter, it will work with a CF Card as well. On the terminal front, being a PDP-8 clone, it does need a console of some description. While it does not provide a current loop interface for the ASR-33, its RS-232 serial just plugs into my VT52. I highly commend this board to anybody considering one. It sure is smaller than the PDP-8i that I played with as a kid. regards Doug -- Doug Jackson, MAIPM, MIEEE Senior Information Security Consultant EWA-AUSTRALIA PO Box 6308 O'Connor ACT 2602 Level 1, 214 Northbourne Ave, Braddon ACT 2612 Tel: +61 (0)2 6230 6833 Fax: +61 (0)2 6230 5833 Mob: +61 (0)414 986 878 http://www.ewa-australia.com ============================================ IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of Electronic Warfare Associates - Australia. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact doug.jackson at ewa-australia.com or Ph +61 2 62306833 and delete the email. This message is not to be copied or distributed to other parties without the express permission of the author. Any personal information in this email must be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). ============================================