Date   : Tue, 22 Nov 1988 07:42:00 GMT
From   : mcvax!unido!nixpbe!ugun21!josef@uunet.uu.net
Subject: extremely cheap single-board comput

Well, they aren't what You would call "extremely cheap (n <= $30)",
but have You looked at the Single Board Computers/Controllers
Steve Ciarcia (from BYTE and CCInk) designed?

They might just be what You are looking for, but the price tag is
a little higher than the one You mention:

BCC11 Z8 based, BASIC/Forth programmable       $139.00
BCC52 8052 based, BASIC programmable           $189.00
BCC180 64180 based, BASIC programmable         $395.00
You can add opto-isolated I/O to be on the safe side:
BCC40D 8-Ch opto isolated I/O                  $139.00
BCC40R 8-Ch Relay output board                 $169.00

Question is if You are able to get anything in the $30.00 range!

I've built the BCC11 and the BCC52 myself and they are real fun!
(They were described in BYTE some time ago: BCC11: BYTE July/August 1981,
BCC52, BCC180 I forgot)
Their main advantage is, they're programmable in BASIC (I would prefer
C or PASCAL, but BASIC's what You get)
You can also escape to assembly language for the time-critical stuff.

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