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From: mle... mlewis
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1990 15:22
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1990 15:22
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>From article <1990Oct11.2...@news.iastate.edu>, by sp...@hobbes.cc.iastate.edu (Begley Michael L):
> Hi...Yesterday I bought an S-100 bus system that the University was selling
> off. It works, but I have absolutely no software or information on it.
> The case has no manufactures' name on it, but inside are 4 boards:
> 3: Vandenburg Data Products 16K Static Memory Board (rev B)
> This has 4 banks of 8 NEC M79729-738 memory chips.
Well, I have three of these (Rev A), bought in 1976 and still working. This
is a 16K static MOS RAM board. Note, MOS. The Rev A boards were not rated
for 4 MHz, but the Rev B is. About the only CPU you can use with those
memory boards is a Z-80A, which you have.
Welcome to the wonderful world of S-100, where expenses often exceed gains.
S-100 boards available now are VERY expensive, like $350 for a SCSI controller,
and so forth. I really liked the S-100 buss (I have 3 S-100 systems) but
they are not worth my effort to upgrade.
Marc
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