Re: Apple ][ 32-bit coprocessor using MC68020/MC68881 (historical)

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Eric Smith wrote:

>In 1985, shortly after they were first announced, I ordered an MC68020
>32-bit microprocessor and an MC68881 floating point coprocessor.  I was
>quoted a pretty long lead time and fairly high prices.  But the parts
>actually arrived very quickly, and I hadn't yet completed the design of
>the system they were intended for.  I wanted to test the chips quickly,
>so I needed to kludge something up in a hurry.
>
>Previously, Rich Ottosen had designed and constructed two Apple ][
>coprocessor cards using the MC68008, which is a version of the 68000
>with an 8-bit bus.  One card used static RAM, and the other used
>dynamic.  A debug monitor was stored in EPROM on the card.  Loren Blaney
>had modified the XPL0 compiler to produce native 68K code instead of the
>I2L interpreted code (like P-code) normally used on the Apple.

I have a 68008 card called the Micro-Analyst (by Majix, dated 1984).
It has four EPROM/SRAM sockets, containing a Gnome 1.0 EPROM
and a single 6116 SRAM (at the moment).

Is this, by any chance, the SRAM card that Rich Ottosen designed?

Do you have any ideas about where I could find some documentation
or software for this card?

Thanks,

-michael

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