What would it take...

[Chris M]

it doesn't have to be entirely of 7400s or the like,
just a design where no *exotic* programming is
required. I just wanted an idea. A microcontroller,
and whatever else is fine.

--- David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Chris M wrote:
> 
> > to make one of these in discrete logic:
> >
> > (if you don't feel like looking, it's an Apple II
> > IDE/Cflash controller)
> >
> >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/MicroDrive-IDE-Controller-for-Apple-IIe-IIgs
> >
>
_W0QQitemZ300055639046QQihZ020QQcategoryZ80286QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> >
> > Just a rough chip count.
> 
> It looks like there are a couple PLAs, some discrete
> logic, a
> microcontroller of some sort, and an EPROM. 
> Frankly, I don't think doing
> discrete logic for something like this is worth the
> trouble.  The card
> itself seems sufficiently low-tech already.
> 
> -- 
> David Griffith
> dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
> 
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people
> normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> 


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