My response would be....Who would not be interested if this were truly available...
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--- On Sat, 5/1/80, Ivan Chaparro <jibarosoul@...> wrote:
From: Ivan Chaparro <jibarosoul@...>
Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 5 January, 1980, 8:37 AM
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>Im in, just wondering if you could clarify how this
> would integrate into a maxed out command station. Eg: all four roms filled will
> i have to sacrifice one? will it just pop into one of the existing
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>definately in.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups. com, Jack Pratt
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> Howdy.
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> have created a schematic for a FLASH SIMM. I can send a copy to anyone
> who is sufficiently interested (rather than posting it to everyone [which
> I thought would be bad etiquette]) - so pm me if you want to see it.
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>; This FLASH SIMM is not the same as DRAM SIMM mentioned previously,
> but has some similar features. The intention is to have two 1Gb FLASH devices
> populated (total of 256MB FLASH) which would allow as many as seven 32+4MB
> images [32MB = wave memory, 4MB preset memory].
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> What The SIMM
> is does mirrors up to four slots - it is actually in one slot but
> can respond to requests for any of the slots, but you can turn 'off' that
> response so you can put a physical ROM (or other FLASH) in that slot. Of cours
> that only accounts for 4 ROM images, the other may be accessed by either a
> switch or possibly in the future the OS could be modified so that there would
> be a menu item that allows the user to select which image appears in any
> given slot. The SIMM has 4 footprints for FLASH devices and if Numonyx every
> release a 2Gb part then the SIMM could support 1GB of FLASH or 28 images.
> I'm not planning on altering the OS in the near future so don't hold
> your breath.
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> Unfortunately this FLASH SIMM will probably not
> be programmable in the old way [Ultra for wave memory, Proteus for preset
> memory] so I need to also produce another board to read and write the board.
> This solution would be cheaper than buying an Ultra sampler but it wouldn't be
> a sampler!
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> In order to proceed I need to know if anyone is
> interested in this SIMM. Cost would be about USD150 for the SIMM, and about
> USD125 for the programmer. Not sure on the exact prices because it will depend
> on the PCB manufacture cost, but I figure I need to sell about 20 of them to
> make it worth while. Not asking for money, but just a show of
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Re: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM
2010-12-31 by Jeremy Bolton
Hi,
This sounds awesome. One please- maybe a couple of the Flash roms
Good Luck
Jeremy
On 19 December 2010 02:34, gary higgins <heyrag@...> wrote: