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INTRODUCTIONThe PC532 is a self build kit computer, NSC32532 based, that run NetBSD Mach & Minix, & is most probably more publicly documented than any other computer: Circuit diagrams, PCB Gerbers, PALS, EPROM, Kernel, Device Drivers, Operating System, Utilities.NSC 32532 (mmu in cpu), fpu, all at 25MHz, 2 SCSI chips (asynch & synch), 8 tty @ <= 38400, 4-32M Ram 80nS 0/1 wait, no cache, PC/AT form factor, 8 RAM Slots of 9 ICs, taking 1M or 4M. There are only 187 pc532 main boards out in the world. (source "Matthias Pfaller" leo_ERASE@marco.de, 11 Jun 1996). There are many less running NetBSD (a couple of dozen is my (jhs) guess). Timings from Matthias Pfaller leo_ERASE@marco.de: Full recompile (pc532@30mhz with 16mb of ram and a fast disk). Time to build an installation floppy or the file sets is *not* included.
usr/src
depend: 6797.48 real 4377.93 user 2082.08 sys
all: 52206.59 real 41291.15 user 8978.00 sys
install: 4044.18 real 1765.41 user 1441.80 sys
kernel
depend: 709.73 real 515.50 user 134.38 sys
all: 4261.23 real 3698.84 user 409.30 sys
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Detail on the scsi_floppy controller I bought at VCFE 2003.05 I have not tried connecting it to anything yet. I see another Dayna discussed on classiccmp.org, & that netbsd has man rz for scsi floppy
card:
DAYNA COMMUNICATIONS DAYNAFILE REV 2.0
1 50 way scsi,
2 floppy connectors, J2 was to a 5.25" drive. J3 was unused
Jumper blocks:
J 4 pin3=pin5 7=9 4=6 8=10 11=12
J 6 0,0,1,0 1 means jumper on, o means off
J 9 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1
J 5 0,0,0,0,0
J10 Closed
Rom Rev Daynafile 2.1 1987
ICs:
SCSI: AM5380PC, 8737FM, c. 1986 AMD
P 8031AH, D 8724 FM, M C Intel 1980
X05 V D870S, VL:2793-PC, Korea A
box:
Serial DF 02760
MAIL LISTSTo enrol on the
RESOURCES (Where / who has various things )
ET532 Periodic Posting
To: pc532_ERASE@daver.bungi.com
Subject: ET532 Project Progress Report
Reply-To: jhs_ERASE_@
Cc: gs_ERASE@chips.com,stuart@ ,Gary J,jkh_ERASE@whisker.hubbard.ie
PERIODIC ET532 PROGRESS REPORT
by Julian H. Stacey jhs_ERASE_@
Latest Photo-plot Info.:
Main Board photo-plot is done
(George, anything I should check for ?)
Serial piggy back Board photo-plot not done yet.
PCB Quotes:
Anyone who feels like getting us quotes from board manufacturers,
please go ahead, all the information is up for ftp, help yourself :-)
STRANGE IDEA - COMMENTS PLEASE:
Thanks to Phil, NetBSD now runs on the PC532 :-) ....
If we increase the number of ET532 boards made, it's cheaper, so:
2 Scenarios:
1) Us `good old guys' owning PC532s can buy cheap GX32 CPUs
(with no MMU) to drive the card as an ethernet peripheral.
2) Maybe some of the software guys in the Net & FreeBSD
worlds might also like to buy a card, equip it with
a full 32532, & build a truly fully sourced
(hardware & software) system, that has
CPU & MMU (but no ICU or FPU), has ethernet &
up to 16 serial ports & a SCSI bus.
No doubt the class (2) guy might prefer an ICU & FPU too,
but nobody's doing a PC532 PCB run so that option is not available
Anyway, maybe class (2) folk might increase total board quantity
& reduce prices for us class(1) folk ?
Is this daft ? or Should we offer it to the Net & Free BSD lists ?
Comments Please.
KHE asked "Where'd the power go in ?"
Answer: Connect power wires to an edge connector socket
plugging on board; & use CONN2 for SCSI ribbon.
Question from me: "Would class (2) users _need_ an ICU & FPU ?
GERBERS
George's gerber info is available via ftp from
col.hp.com:misc/ns32k/et532/[gerber & schema]
nic.funet.fi:/pub/misc/pc532/et532
George wrote to me:
Drill tapes depend on the PCB house. At the very least
they will want the film of the drill gerber layer,
at the most they will want a drill tape. If they want a
drill tape, the photo shop can extract the drill gerber
file layer and generate a drill tape - at least my photo
shop did that.
Files available include:
cfg:
ether.cfg schema.cfg ser.cfg
doc:
copeth.doc dramc.doc ether.bom ser.bom
dec32.doc dramen.doc ether.txt wait.doc
gerber:
ether1.gbr ether4.gbr etherdrl.gbr ser1.gbr serslk.gbr
ether2.gbr ether5.gbr etherslk.gbr ser2.gbr sersmk.gbr
ether3.gbr ether6.gbr ethersmk.gbr serdrl.gbr
lbr:
local.lbr
pals:
copeth.jed dec32.jed dramc.jed dramen.jed wait.jed
copeth.tdl dec32.tdl dramc.tdl dramen.tdl wait.tdl
postscript:
ether.s01 ether.s03 ether.s05 ether.s07 ser.s01
ether.s02 ether.s04 ether.s06 ether.s08 ser.s02
schema:
ether.p01 ether.p03 ether.p05 ether.p07 ser.p01
ether.p02 ether.p04 ether.p06 ether.p08 ser.p02
PCBs
George long ago wrote:
The et532 is a 6 layer PC/AT sized (but with 62 pin SCSI)
board. The piggyback board (after a bit of a fight with
the CAD software) is a 2 layer board and is around 5.5" x 3.5".
It plugs into the middle area of the et532 on two connectors
that carry all the serial (TTL) signals up from the 2 OCTARTs.
There are also 3 sets of holes on both boards that line up
and enable nylon stand-offs to support the piggyback board.
Michael Hermann & Steve Liggett asked stats on PCBS, to get us prices,
well I haven't counted number of holes on PCB (frequent Q. that), but
ET532 Layers:
Silk screen
Solder mask
Component layer
Inner layer #1
Ground Layer
Power Layer
Inner Layer #2
Solder Layer
Solder Mask
No surface mount devices as per PC532 (I assume George ?)
I presume we call this `6 layer' as far as PCB manufacturers
are concerned ?
Daughter Board:
Silk screen
Solder mask
Component layer
Solder layer
Solder mask
SERIAL PCB
The 2 serial chips go on the piggy back serial card.
I asked George Scolaro:
> > - Do we also need to make piggy back octart PCBs ?
> Only if you want to have more serial ports.
Looking at George's ET532 schematics:
The ET532 can take 2 * SCC2698, each 2698 supports
EIGHT serial ports ! The optional `piggy back' board
has 16 * 145406, 16 * DIL Headers, Caps, & 2 Long DILs
to connect to ET532 main board.
For the ET532 to function just as an ethernet card, it should not be
necessary to populate the 2698 sockets, nor to have a piggy back card.
I do however foresee need for a few of us to have one serial port,
as I guess software development will probably go in 3 stages:
1 Write/debug eprom for ET532 to talk to a serial port
(& prove hardware design works)
2 Extend ET532 monitor to talk over SCSI bus to some kind
of software interface on the PC532, so PC532 can download
code to ET532 & set breakpoints etc ?.
3 Develop ET532 ethernet code & ET532/PC532 higher level
protocols etc.
Main thing is to get the ET532 PCBs fabricated :-) .
Daniel Berglund db_ERASE@etek.chalmers.se wrote 3-94:
> > > It's probably not hard to temporarily wire in a 2681
> > > (or whatever they are called,
> > SCC 2698
> Nope. I mean a 2681, they are cheaper. That's my point: if you
> want only one serial port for debugging until the firmware is done,
> then you probably want to avoid expensive octuarts (2698).
IC COSTS
All these are very old figures, & need to be confirmed:
Bryan Davis bdavis_ERASE@netcom.com said
> from the Bay Area....
> Hamilton/Avnet (a distributor for National)
> 1-24 25-99 100+
> NS32GX32-ANU20 $110.00 $95.00 $86.50
> NS32532-25 $825.00 $685.00 $595.00
Mark_Geisert_ERASE@l66a.ladc.bull.com said
> Bell Industries, a Nat-Semi distributor in California,
> QTY1-24 QTY25-99 QTY100-999
> NS32GX32U-20 90.00 78.50 71.00
> NS32GX32U-25 100.00 91.00 83.00
> NS32GX32U-30 120.00 105.00 95.00
johnc_ERASE@manatee.UUCP (john connin) Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:16:47 GMT said:
> it might be easier and cheaper to pull the ethernet
> related parts from a no-name 8-bit ethernet card.
Are the parts the same as I posted in George's build list ?
Could someone please ask at a US West Coast IC shop, what an IC kit
price would cost, as per build list (presumably a) excluding GX32,
b) 1 off & ~25 off pricing ).
( I believe jkh_ERASE@whisker.hubbard.ie can provide
names of California IC shops for someone in the USA to phone. )
The ether-bom (Bill Of Materials) is available via ftp
to enable pricing exercises.
Don't ask me, I'm in the wrong country for cheap or easily available
prices, VOLUNTEERS PLEASE !
TOTAL PROJECT COST
This PCB order list does NOT commit you to IC purchase,
If short of cash, you can enrol on what will be a once
only ET532 cheap PCB fabrication run, then some time later buy the ICs.
I don't know board cost yet, as soon as I do I'll post the info,
As always, no one's done a chip costing exercise,
so as always, before people ask, Nope ! I don't know !
Photo plots will were free (I'll probably buy the guy a meal to say thanks)
IC KIT DISTRIBUTION
Hopefully someone(s) will consider doing IC bulk purchase & kit
distribution. (doesn't need to be same person who does pricing
investigations, but shouldn't be me, USA should be better purchase
& distribution point than Germany)
Steve Liggett maybe ?
SOFTWARE:
Dave Rand dlr_ERASE@daver.bungi.com mailed to say
> I have the software for the Ethernet already done, including
> an Ethernet-based monitor, and DOS client. I'll do the low-level
> Ethernet driver (tricky, 'cause you have to handle the special cases).
(so I assume you want 3 PCBs bdale ? )
Rennolet (Kumar)" rennolet_ERASE@cs.umn.edu said Wed Oct 7
> I will help write the drivers.
21 May 1996: Mark Mason mason_ERASE@ease.com interested in helping.
MORE INFO
Please don't anyone mail me private questions about:
- the ET532 architecture: I'm Not the designer - George Scolaro is.
- PCB or Total project pricings: What I know is presented here.
More can be learnt by looking at the Gerber diagrams.
George long ago wrote:
20MHz 32gx32, no FPU.
1M/4M DRAM (256kx4 or 1mx4) 100ns or faster, fast page mode.
same performance as pc532 (except at 20MHz, i.e. 40M bytes /sec)
128kx8 EPROM (200ns or faster) Boot EPROM, runtime code is downloaded
from pc532 etc. into DRAM.
16 serial channels with full modem control (Signetics SCN2698B octart)
RX,TX,RTS,CTS,DTR,DCD (modem support)
Ethernet, thin (cheapernet) and thick (DB15 connector) NS chip set
SCSI, DP8490 (via 62pin edge connector and 50 pin SCSI connector)
STRATEGY
- would everyone who's not responded in 1994 please email me with
a new updated single line entry for the list below, thanks.
- We need to confirm IC (inc CPU) pricings & project costs
if you want a new build list posted, let me know.
- Please do Not distract by saying
"wouldn't it be nice with the new super duper WIBNI ether chip"
unless you're prepared to design & deliver Gerbers to me
using that design.
- If true, Please Do feel free to say "ET532 is obsolete,
the CPU price is horrendous, I say abort project"
IE "GO"/NO GO" but no WIBNIs (Wouldn't It Be Nice If's) please,
Thanks :-)
HELP
This periodic bulletin is produced by me to coordinate us, but
the cards will not be produced without much help though,
I'm too lazy/busy for anyone to rely on me pushing it
as a one man band; right now next thing we need to do is
confirm IC pricings.
I shall ignore any email that asks `how much will the whole thing cost'
(I've been asked before, often) - It's a valid & important question,
but as I've said before, I don't know, I'd like to, but I don't.
Please help us by getting quotes on 25 off chip sets !
CORRECTIONS
Corrections to this file are welcomed, please mail me.
Please hand forward this notice to dormant pc532 friends who may have
fallen off the pc532 list, or changed their mail address.
PCB ORDER LIST
A = Number of ET532 PCBs you will pay for, ie
B = Number of optional Serial piggy back PCBS you will pay for
C = Number of glue chip IC kits you will later want.
D = Number of GX32 CPUs you will want
E = Email
F = Real Name
G = Date of last communication
H = Comment
_ERASE@ = Date person last confirmed PCB order info.
# PCBs ; EMAIL shown by "From:" ; .signature EMAIL NAME ; HUMAN NAME ; COMMENT
SERIOUS INTEREST in 96
A B C D E F G H
1 1 1 1 jhs Julian H. Stacey _ERASE@May96 $ Dependent
1 1 1 1 eyal_ERASE@eyal.emu.id.au Eyal Lebedinsky _ERASE@May96 $ Dependent
1 1 1 1 admin_ERASE@maxrnd.com Mark Geisert _ERASE@May96
1 ? ? 0 leo_ERASE@marco.de Mathias Pfaller _ERASE@May96 will swap 32532 chip for PCB
1 ? ? ? phil_ERASE@cs.wwu.edu Phil Nelson _ERASE@May96 PCB less than $100
1 1 1 1 mason_ERASE@ease.com Mark Mason _ERASE@May96 PCB less than $100
1 1 1 1 n1epo4tl_ERASE@ibmmail.com Stuart Arnold _ERASE@May96 conditional. on $
1 ? 1 1 sverre_froyen_ERASE@nrel.gov Sverre Froyen _ERASE@Apr96 cond. on $
? ? ? ? jdl_ERASE@jdl.com Jon Loeliger _ERASE@May96
1 1 0 0 antsu_ERASE@sandra.pp.fi Antti-Pekka _ERASE@May96
1 0 1 1 Ian.Dall_ERASE@dsto.defence.gov.au Ian Dall _ERASE@May96
1 0 1 1 ricker_ERASE@erols.com Rick Rodman _ERASE@May96
1 1 1 1 kls_ERASE@chicago.com Karl Swartz _ERASE@May96
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From paz_ERASE@world.std.com (Philip A Zimmermann)
Name email quant date comment
Dave Rand dlr_ERASE@daver.bungi.com 1 20May96 can src files
Robert Vincent bert_ERASE@willowpond.com 1? 20May96 maybe. $;parts avail?
P. Zimmermann paz_ERASE@world.std.com 1 20May96 do fab?
Lee Damon nomad_ERASE@castle.org 1 20May96 two hands, tho'.
Julian H. Stacey jhs_ERASE_@ ? 21May96 ET proponent
Sverre Froyen sverre_ERASE@sst.nrel.gov 1? 21May96 if less than $?, parts avail?
Raymond Wiker etorwi_ERASE@eto.ericsson.se 1? 21May96 if bare pcb less than $100
Mark Mason mason_ERASE@ease.com 1 21May96 write drivers for...
Eyal Lebedinsky eyal_ERASE@eyal.emu.id.au 1 22May96 want serial also
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YES - DEFINITE PCB ORDER in 94
1 1 1 1 tbr_ERASE@tfic.bc.ca Tom Rushworth _ERASE@Feb94
1 1 1 1 etorwi_ERASE@hisoy.etn.ericsson.se Raymond Wiker _ERASE@Feb94 Bdless than $300 ex RAM
1 ? ? ? pete_ERASE@pelican.com Pete Carah _ERASE@Feb94 Bd less than $300 NoMain532 FreeBSD
1 1 1 1 fellows_ERASE@unb.ca David Fellows _ERASE@Feb94
1 ? ? 0 via leo_ERASE@marco.de Tjeerd Mulder _ERASE@Feb94
1 0 1 1 neil_ERASE@skatter.usask.ca Neil Johnson _ERASE@Feb94
1 1 1 ? marcb_ERASE@werj.com.au Marc Boschma _ERASE@Mar94
1 1 1 0 dlr_ERASE@daver.bungi.com Dave Rand _ERASE@Mar94
1 1 1 1 rjohnson_ERASE@mpr.ca Robbin Johnson _ERASE@Mar94 cond. on $
1 1 1 0 nomad_ERASE@CASTLE.ORG Lee Damon _ERASE@Mar94 less than $100/pcb
1 1 1 1 KarlHeinz Eckmeier _ERASE@Apr94
1 1 1 1 jonb_ERASE@metronet.com Jon Buller _ERASE@May96 BD less than $100
( Jon Buller, 2301 Pebble Vale #2121, Plano, TX 75075, (214) 422-3051 )
( email goes away between semesters, but really wants one! )
( email address from a 11-94 posting)
2 ? ? ? bdavis_ERASE@netcom.com Bryan Davis _ERASE@Dec93
PEOPLE WHO'VE NOT MAILED YES/NO IN 1994 - PLEASE MAIL ME YES/NO
0 ? ? ? Gary Jennejohn
1 ? ? ? jkh_ERASE@whisker.hubbard.ie Jordan K. Hubbard
0 0 0 0 gs_ERASE@chips.com George Scolaro
1 0 ? ? mch_ERASE@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de Michael Hermann
3 ? ? ? bdale_ERASE@gag.com + Fred & John Bdale Garbee If drvr
1 ? ? ? rennolet_ERASE@cs.umn.edu Kumar Rennolet
1 ? ? ? john.connin_ERASE@OAU.ORG John Connin
1 ? ? ? ackley_ERASE@banana.cis.ohio-state.edu john_ERASE@softspace.com John James Ackley
0 0 0 0 sef_ERASE@kithrup.COM Sean Eric Fagan
0 0 0 0 glowell_ERASE@allegro.com Gary Lowell
0 0 0 0 frank_ERASE@ginger.sri.com Victor Frank
0 0 0 0 mem_ERASE@zwac.mv.com Mark Mallett
0 0 0 0 rhyde_ERASE@ucrengr.ucr.edu Randy Hyde
0 0 0 0 montana!asgard_ERASE@convex J.R. Stoner
0 0 0 0 david_ERASE@marvin.jpl.oz.au David Magnay
0 0 0 0 bolo_ERASE@cs.wisc.edu Joe Burger
NO DEFINITELY NOT
0 0 0 0 jvh_ERASE@microsoft.com Johannes Helander _ERASE@ 21 May 1996
0 0 0 0 tom_ERASE@lajax.pp.fi Tom Javen _ERASE@Mar94
0 0 0 0 mattias_ERASE@lysator.liu.se Mattias Olofsson _ERASE@Mar94
0 0 0 0 gtw_ERASE@img.com.au Grant Waldram _ERASE@Apr94 (info from marcb
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From: paz_ERASE@world.std.com (Philip A Zimmermann)
To: pc532_ERASE@bungi.com
Subject: ET532 news.
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 14:48:50 GMT
I started compiling a list of interested parties; I have to append
Julian's list from when things went dormant and contact those people to
see if they're still interested. Here's what I've got so far:
[ SEE MERGED LIST ABOVE ]
I'm currently working on the BOM, trying to source the difficult parts.
I'll get pricing when the number of participants is firmed up. I am
willing to help source the difficult parts (doing a quantity buy on the
'GX, etc. will probably help costs), but would rather not source the
popcorn & glue. Offhand, I'd say that it would be worthwhile to have
ET532 go to fab if the lot size is ~25.
I've had a good deal of experience dealing with pcb vendors over the
years, and especially lately. I appreciate the concern for keeping the
pcb fab cost down. My experiences lately have been with some vendors
who've done quick-turn jobs for us. Some of the consequences besides
higher costs have been poor quality, e.g. over-etching (where traces
disappear and the reappear an inch or so away), under-etching (causing
shorts between traces) and warpage (a problem if the product is a card to
be inserted into a cage). I know of companies which do high-quality work
and am hopeful that if we accept a longer delivery time, an acceptable,
affordable and reliable product will result. No one likes finding out
AFTER paying for and constructing a six-layer pcb that a few traces on
some buried (inner) layer are open-circuited or shorted out due to poor
fab quality. (Gets off soap-box.)
Some things are sketchy on the BOM; I'm hoping to submit my questions to
Dave Rand off-list for clarification, then add sourceing info to BOM.
I'm only interested in doing smaller step at a time, i.e., ET532 first, if
it's still practical. Then, if that works out and there's enough interest,
I may be prepared to help out with the serial daughter card. I just don't
want to be overwhelmed with too much all at one time.
Cabletron Ethernet
From: Phil Budne budd_ERASE@cs.bu.edu
> Philip Zimmerman found a little (6"x1"x3.25") Cabletron EA419 SCSI to
> ethernet box, and I found documentation on how to speak to it.
What does that box cost (approx.) ?
It doesn't look like this box is sold any more; However Philip Z. may
have a line on two different sources. But in both cases it may boil
down to "how much are you willing to pay". Since similar devices sell
new for $200, I would hope it would be under $100.
========
From: Philip A Zimmermann paz_ERASE@world.std.com
To: Phil Budne budd_ERASE@cs.bu.edu
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:55:33 -0400 (EDT)
I'll look into sources. More
may even pop up from the other subscribers out there; what I basically
scared up, at Phil B.'s description, was a box which we used to use on
older-style MacIntosh-es which had a SCSI port on the rear panel. This
Cabletron box has a DB25 on one side and an RJ45 on the other side and a
socket for a wall wart to provide power.
I have chased a few leads today; the only positive response was from
Cabletron Systems so far. They have 11 in stock right now in their "Good
as New" department. They want US$175 each. Order info:
(per Mike Orr)
Cabletron Systems
Good as New Dept
PO Box 5005
Rochester, NH 03866-5005
U.S.A.
Mike can be reached at:
1.603.337.2108
He said they trickle in occasionally. I'm still searching for other
sources.
From: paz paz_ERASE@world.std.com
To: pc532_ERASE@bungi.com
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:59:28 -0500 (EST)
The network "card" I'm using is a Cabletron EA419. It's probably the same
device you've seen discussed on the mail list. It's a box with an RJ45 on
one side and a DB25 on the other. It was originally intended to provide a
network interface to MacIntosh-es with a SCSI interface which came out of
the Mac at a DB25, I think. Cabletron has a "good as new" department where
refurbs of this unit can be gotten for ~US$150, if memory serves
correctly. I'm uncertain how many pc532s are so equipped right now; I just
hacked mine onto a Vector ISA prototyping card so it would plug into the
pc532 SCSI expansion bus. I got it running over the past weekend. Seems to
be working fine.
CD-ROMDate: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 09:47:28 -0800 From: Phil Nelson phil_ERASE@cs.wwu.edu To: port-pc532_ERASE@NetBSD.ORG Subject: New BSDisc from InfoMagicThe BSDisc from InfoMagic that has NetBSD-1.1 includes the full pc532 binary distribution If you like that idea ... you just might order one and let them know that it was the pc532 binaries that made the difference! See: www.infomagic.com/infomagic/2bsdisc.html Sundry Odd Notes
Cost $200 PCB + CPU/FPU approx 700 DM,
Contacts:
Bill Smith,
Product Marketing Manager, Imaging Group, NSC Europe,
National Semiconductor GmbH,
Industrie-strasse 10,
8080 Fuerstenfeldbruck,
Germany.
Tel: +49 8141 104 412
Fax: +49 8141 103 554
Tlx: (whatever for germany +) 527 649 nsc d
Email: cbisge (or CBISGE ?) on some as yet unknown IBM mainframe system.
Electronic 2000 GmbH
Herr Brenner (& Frau Jahnse),
Stahlgruberring 12,
D 8000 Munich 82,
Germany.
Tel:+49 89 42001 106
Tlx:522561
Fax:+49 89 42001 129
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Steven.D.Ligett_ERASE@Dartmouth.EDU
chip kit assembler
Steve Ligett E.I.N. 03-0284293
Schoolhouse Design Laboratories
Rural Route #3, Box 451
451 Isaac Perkins Road
Lyme, New Hampshire 03768
USA
Telephone: 603 795-2244
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:54:26 -0400 (EDT)
I get boards made at ABC Fabricators
Laconia, NH
800 370 6185
Be sure to have the boards tested
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From terry_ERASE@lambert.org Thu Nov 30 19:16:12 1995
> A part that has both an ethernet and SCSI controller could be very interesting
It's American Micro Devices. It's called the "SCSINet" or "PCNet"
chip.
The version I've seen expects to be on a PCI bus, so you might need
an ISA/PCI bridge (I have no idea what bus you are running on the PC532).
The Ethernet "half" is an AMD Lance. The SCSI is apparently an oddball
of some kind (I thought it was ST02? -- Apparently someone on the -hackers
list claims that they have programming doc for it).
It was in Computer Shopper in the new products section some time back
(between Dec 1994 and Apr 1995, I believe).
Am79C974 PCnet-SCSI Combination Ethernet and
SCSI Controller for PCI Systems
Data sheet order #18681.
Check out:
http://www.amd.com/html/products/ind/techdocs/litlist.html#io
and
http://www.amd.com/html/overview/whatsnew.html
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