Rob O'Donnell wrote:
>> Is that the "ARM evaluation unit" (or labelled as something
>> similar)? I've got one of those *somewhere* but no docs / software
>> for it. Think it had 4MB of memory which was a reasonable amount in
>> those days.
>
> ARM Evaluation Kit - yep - that's the one. I do have various discs
> and manuals for it, too. I used to love the "twin" editor - several
> open files at one, and could cut and paste between them. Ahead of
> it's time...
>
> It's all boxed up somewhere under the stairs though.
You lucky devil - I've been looking for a BBC Micro ARM Evaluation Kit for
years! I saw one at a show ("Last ARM Evaluation Kit In Existence") - that
just made me want one even more :-)
[BBC Micro expense]
> They were expensive, but much more expandable than the spectrum. At
> one point I had about six of them in my bedroom on an econet network,
> had several on modems running a multi-user BBS.
I've been wanting to get some Econet Interface boards for my A3000, A3010
and Master 128 and get them going on a small Econet network. The fact that I
need a "clock box" has slightly dissuaded me...
Later,
--
Phil.
philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
Received on Wed Jan 15 2003 - 01:58:00 GMT