Looking for small NS32000 system

From: Steve Jones <classiccmp_at_crash.com>
Date: Mon Jan 6 11:55:01 2003

Heinz Wolter wrote:
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> I always wanted one of those systems - when I was
> in school - Natsemi was pushing those Genix/unix
> kits like crazy to all the undergrads

My entanglement also dates from later in college, in my case
well after most of the NS32k's general purpose CPU success
('89-90). I was noodling around with the notion of building
something capable of running Unix and someone pointed me at
the 32k as something VAX-like that could be obtained in DIP
packaging (the 32008 or 32016, at least).

> but they turned out to be seriously expensive and
> the early 32K parts were severely buggy

I can see that others have already stepped up to this one, so
since I can't speak from direct experience...

--S.
Received on Mon Jan 06 2003 - 11:55:01 GMT