NOS Bare Boards: What to do?

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Tue Apr 7 14:03:38 1998

Sam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
>
> > I have a NOS SwTPc 6800 MP-A CPU board. This was the first SS-50
> > 6800 CPU available, and only the second 6800 CPU board of any stripe
> > available from anyone AFAIK (Moto was first, of course).
> >
> > Here's the wrinkle: It's an unbuilt, BARE board. Given the somewhat
> > historic nature of this article, what would you do? Build it as
> > originally designed (most of the parts are still available), or
> > leave the board blank, as is?
>
> If you're going to use it, build it. If not, keep it around for show
> until you truly need it. Then build it.

I'd suggest at least stockpiling the components while they're still
available whether immediate assembly is planned or not -- it'll help
establish which parts _aren't_ available and need to be scrounged for.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
				Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Tue Apr 07 1998 - 14:03:38 BST

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