Date   : Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:21:37 +0100
From   : Philip Pemberton <philpem@...>
Subject: Re: Can you identify this?

In message <1121843889847.kris@...>
          "Kris Adcock" <kris@...> wrote:

> Hmm ... would it have run in its own right, or would a normal Beeb have been
> used to control it?

Depends what was loaded into its ROM. They were used for industrial control
IIRC - get the code working on a Beeb, then blast it into a ROM and stick it
in the Eurobeeb.

> The reason I ask is that it came with a BBC B, various
> IEEE 488 interface boxes and at least one leather folder of documentation
> about an "Aries (somethingorother)". Now might be the time for me to find
> that lot out too ...

I'd certainly be interested in seeing the docs. If you want rid of the
machine, I'd be happy to offer it a home :)

> If Richard Gellman (if it was him) follows through with his threat to design
> a more modern Beeb, doing it with EuroCards connected on a common "backbone"
> would be an interesting way of doing it! Want an Econet card? No problem -
> just build the extra card! Don't need cassette circuit? No bother - just
> don't build it!

I've got a 6502-based Eurocard computer here - DIY job. There's a CPU+RAM+ROM
card, a speech synthesizer, a UART and an 8-port backplane. Shame the synth
loads down the bus too much at 8MHz though - I really need to add a few HC244
bus buffers.

> Hee hee. That's what I like to hear! I'll clean it up, and see what other
> related stuff I have with it.

I want it! Me first! Me first! :)

Later.
-- 
Phil.                              | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem@...                        | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.me.uk/          | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
... I'd like to live like a poor person with lots of money.