[vcf-midatlantic] 8-bit ISA slot Single Board Computer
Joseph Oprysko
joprysko1 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 11:46:07 EDT 2016
One of the other things I saw when looking (and would love to get ahold of)
is the Diamond Trackstar board. It's an Apple II SBC for an ISA slot.
On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, J. Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
> Joseph,
>
> There definitely are/were 8-bit ISA SBCs. There is an eBay listing, right
> now, for a non-ISA 8-bit SBC, with an NEC V50 onboard, showing that such
> things did exist. The PC104 connector is really just ISA, with some extra
> pins thrown in, of course.
>
> I have a 16-bit ISA backplane that I use for an NEC V30 SBC, which is or
> course a close cousin.
>
> - Alex
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Is anyone here aware of such a beast? I have a Heathkit/Zenith Z-150
> > system. It's motherboard is literally just an 8-Bit ISA backplane, the
> > computer occupies 4 of the ISA slots.
> >
> > I'm curious if there exists a Single Board Computer that would work in
> the
> > 8-bit slots.
> >
> > What I would actually like to try is to have multiple SBC's on the ISA
> bus,
> > and have them communicate with each other.
> >
> > If anyone knows if such a board exists, I'd appreciate the help.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > --
> > Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot.
> > Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do.
> > Normal Person: So you go surfing?
> > Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a
> > lot...
> > Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level.
> > Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
> >
>
--
Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot.
Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do.
Normal Person: So you go surfing?
Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a
lot...
Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level.
Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
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