Subject: Re: ARM Card for A2?
From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
Date: Sun, Apr 26, 1998 18 42Ã  EDT
Message-id: <1998042622422700.SAA03015@ladder01.news.aol.com>

regnirps@aol.com (Regnirps) wrote:

>So, how many folks are still seriously using their A2s? How would you like an
>ARM slot card to play with? There is a GNU C compiler, an assembler, Forth,
and
>maybe a port of Mops, the coolest object oriented system I have ever seen.
>
>I/O with the keyboard can be done either by calling the ROM routines in
>emulation or by communicating with the native procesor. Graphics is the main
>bottleneck, but I can add a SVGA connector and IDE hard drive connector to the
>card. I would use the 40 MHz ARM 7500, which has all this built in.
>
>It wouldnt take all that many to make it worth while and I have wanted to do
>this for years and years. The 7500 has DRAM drivers built in so one $40 simm
>gets you 32 Meg of RAM.

I would like this very much!  Assuming it does not costs much
more than an IDE card plus a Second Sight together and provides
better function, I am interested...