Re: ISAAC Interface board

[cranem@athenet.net (Michael Crane)]

On Mon, 04 Aug 1997 17:32:58 GMT, lemenst@fhsmtp.fh.trw.com (Thomas
LeMense) wrote:

>On 31 Jul 1997 13:25:39 GMT, Robert Jensen <bob_jensen@jhuapl.edu>
>wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have any information of software for the ISAAC Interface
>>board? I found one in the bargain bin.
>
>Nope.
>
>>It is dated 1981 from Cyborg. It has many octal latches and line
>>drivers, a 5832 clock chip, a 6522 VIA, and 2 34-pin header
>>connectors. I puzzled may things things out but some of the
>>addressing is really indirect.
>
>The 5832 chip is undoutedly one of the most "indirect" peripheral
>interface chips in existence!!  You may be able to get data on it from
>AMD's website.

I've actually used one of these beasts in the distant past.  It is an
interface card to an analog<->digital converter system that could be
used to control "real world" equipment, such as switches and relays,
as well as taking measurments from items like thermocouples.
Unfortunately, without the external box that was almost the size of an
Apple II all by itself, I really doubt the card is of much value.