[sdiy] Here's an odd search I'm on - S-100 bus systems ......

[James Patchell]

You want a real project???? :-)

You can implement an entire S-100 system (without the S-100), on a board 
that only costs $99!!!

Of course, you will have to write a bit of Verilog or VHDL code to get there.

http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/designResources/ip_product_details.jsp?key=DO-SPAR3-DK

Wonder if there is any free 8080 or Z-80 VHDL implementations...?

Personally, I am leaning more towards doing a 6502....one of these days, I 
need to get back to work on that.

Also, you are thinking of the Altair 680....as far as I know, Imsai never 
messed with the 6800.

Wish I could find an old Sphere computer....

At 12:29 PM 12/1/2005 -0500, mcb, inc. wrote:
>On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Rykhaard D.A.M.I.A.N. wrote:
>
>>Now - does ANYone out there know of the availability of any:
>>
>>Altair 8800 computers
>>Imsai 680 series computers (and THEY are back at http://www.imsai.net :) :)
>>)
>>Digital PDP-8, or PDP-7 computers
>>
>>??  If I recall correctly, they're all S-100 buss systems, that can be
>>configured in a mindbendlingly HUGE # of ways.
>>Yes - it's a primitive way of programming, but - the character it would add
>>to my machine.  ;)  The 30 year old desire for such a system has re-emerged.
>>;)  LOL
>
>Well, the PDP's aren't S-100 bus machines but a pdp-11/70 front
>panel does have charisma a beige box will never know.  Hit the
>auction place up looking for 'Cromemco', 'SWTPC' along with the
>other names and things should start showing up.  Last time I
>looked, an actual working, complete vintage IMSAI was going for $2K
>or so.  Alternatively, there are some projects to create traditional
>console panels to control modern emulators or vlsi implementations.
>You could lift that as well...
>
>m
>
>--
>Monty Brandenberg

         -Jim
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