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From: cph@dmu.ac.uk (Chris Hand)
Subject: Re: Miniboard in the UK
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 14:46:00 GMT
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ryanb@tradex.demon.co.uk (Brendan Ryan) writes:
> 
> I have been hearing a lot about the miniboard controller and I was 
> wondering if anybody knows any way of getting hold of it in the UK. 

If you're interested in the miniboard you could order one (or some)
from the US.  If you ask around here (and on other groups) I'm sure
there would be others willing to join in with an order.  Alternatively,
you can download the foil patterns as part of the docs on
cherupkha.media.mit.edu.

In my experience the hard part is getting hold of the &$^#% HC11's
in the first place!

> Or if anybody knows of any comparable controller card or SBC accessible
> from the rs232 port of a pc. Any help would be appreciated

You could try 8031 or 8051, they seem to be more popular in Europe.
Greenweld (and probably other surplus places) have them for around
a quid each.  I don't know if these have an easy route to rs-232 though.

Chris


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