Well . . . I did think one could get two short cards on one S-100. I did
have something concrete in mind, too. If one inserts a wire-wrap 62 pin
(8-bit ISA) connector into a DIN 41612 right-angle socket, such as what one
finds on a VME wire-wrap board, but of opposite gender, (remembering that I
once sold S-100 wire-wrap boards with a pattern certainly suitable for this
purpose, and VME wire-wrap cards as well) one can, indeed, host two 8-bit
ISA cards on a single s-100 board. This would certainly be cheap enough in
most cases, to warrant such an effort. The software might get to be a
problem, though.
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: homemade computer for fun and experience...
>>What might be fun would be an S-100 card to serve as an interface to a
>>Monochrome/Hercules equivalent card and an IBM-style keyboard
>
>Compupro did a similart thing over a decade ago ... it's called the "PC
Video"
>S-100 card.
>
>>thrift store. That would save the hassle of having an extra keyboard and
>>monitor for your "extra" PC.
>
>I dunno - to me the most useful possible console interface is a serial
>port. I can hook a terminal up, I can hook a VAX up, I can hook a
>PC-clone up, etc.
>
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