Re: ARM Card for A2?

[Paul Schultz <pschultz@med.wayne.edu>]

On 25 Apr 1998, Regnirps wrote:

> So, how many folks are still seriously using their A2s? How would you like an
> ARM slot card to play with? There is a GNU C compiler, an assembler, Forth, and
> maybe a port of Mops, the coolest object oriented system I have ever seen.
> 
> I/O with the keyboard can be done either by calling the ROM routines in
> emulation or by communicating with the native procesor. Graphics is the main
> bottleneck, but I can add a SVGA connector and IDE hard drive connector to the
> card. I would use the 40 MHz ARM 7500, which has all this built in.
> 
> It wouldnt take all that many to make it worth while and I have wanted to do
> this for years and years. The 7500 has DRAM drivers built in so one $40 simm
> gets you 32 Meg of RAM.
> 

Charlie,

If you build it I'd be interested. What price range do you anticipate?

Paul.

pschultz@med.wayne.edu
Paul Schultz