Date   : Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:18:04 +0100
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: A500 development ROMs

On 24/10/2008 14:11, Jules Richardson wrote:

> I actually have two ARM-based ISA boards though - one calls itself a "PC ARM 
> coprocessor" and contains just the CPU, MEMC, DIP IC memory, ROM and TUBE 
> chip. The other claims to be a "PC ARM Application Card" and is similar, but 
> uses SIMM memory and also contains an IOC + podule backplane.
> 
> I'm guessing the former board is a 'Springboard' (I've seen one other PC ARM 
> card, and that looked like the former one, too), but I've no idea about the 
> latter - if it was also released as a Springboard, or if it was some in-house, 
> low-production development board as part of Archimedes development.

It pre-dates my joining Acorn by a few months, and was the province of 
the OEM division (disbanded shortly after I joined) so as a dealer I 
never really saw those.  But I did hear it referred to as "Springboard 
II" and AFAIK it was an actual product.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
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                                               University of York