Date   : Tue, 08 Sep 1987 23:46:00 -0800
From   : Ken Wallewein <kenw%noah.arc.cdn%ubc.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET>
Subject: S100 68000 hardware

>Micro/Systems Journal is, indeed, a good place to look.  I bought a self
>contained 68008 coprocessor from Peak Electronics in San Jose for around
>$900 which included CP/M-68K, the BIOS and monitor sources (Aztec C),
>512K RAM, two serial ports and a couple of timers.  The board has bus
>rights on the S-100 bus so it can use existing peripherals.

  Interesting. I jut started getting MSJ. I'll check it out. But what
does "bus rights" mean? Is there an interface? An S100 slot?

  And I'm beginning to wonder what's so special about CP/M-68K. As far
as I can see, it's not compatible with all my CP/M-80 stuff... what do
you use it for?

/kenw