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Re: Carte Blanche Reservations



almost - its still a bit expensive. We have a new FPGA based apple
platform on the way thats 1/10th the cost of the original NB. But need
to finish CB first.

On Jun 3, 5:23 pm, PZ <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 2, 4:39 pm, Alex Freed <alex_n...@mirrow.com> wrote:
>
> > > "PZ" <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> > >> So why don't you just stick the card into a box and attach a monitor
> > >> and keyboard?  Sounds like there's no need for a real Apple II. You
> > >> can add new peripherals to itself without the legacy 1 mhz bus just by
> > >> adding a little bit more code.  It would be easier to implement too.
> > >> Call it the Apple II Y.
>
> > Oh, I did. Some 5 or 6 years ago. That was "FPGApple". A new incarnation
> > built on NanoBoard actually has 50 pin slots too.
>
> > -Alex.
>
> So now you put a 50 pin card edge on it and you've got orders out the
> wazoo, brilliant marketing!  Should be fun though. :-)
>
> - Paul