Homebrew projects wanted for exhibit at VCF 3.0

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sun Oct 4 10:49:04 1998

< In the process of doing so, of course, you'd end up building an S-100
< to {ISA|PCI} converter :-). These "modern" interface chips tend to
< assume that they're going straight into a PC-clone.

Been there done that and also wrote and article about subsetting ISA
to get a bus more usable on non isa machines.

A typical homebrew app would be grafting a WD1002WX to a z80 homebrew
to provide a MFM hardisk. The example is the core of home brewing as it
takes common cheap components to make a usable or improved system but is
not a plug in mod.

< And I think an S-100 Ethernet interface is substantially less weird
< than an S-100 ARCnet board, and I've had several of those!

Eithernet was done for S100 commercially. S100 took longer to die than
most people thought.

Allison
Received on Sun Oct 04 1998 - 10:49:04 BST