Re: ARM Card for A2?

[gser@sheppyware.ml.org (Dan 'GSer' Krass)]

I would buy 2 or 3 of these units. Thanks for the effort.

--Dan Krass

On 26 Apr 1998 22:42:27 GMT, Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>>regnirps@aol.com (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.
>>
>>I would like this very much!  Assuming it does not costs much
>>more than an IDE card plus a Second Sight together and provides
>>better function, I am interested...