jlw@ariel.UUCP (J.WOOD) (10/13/83)
There are three 6809 SBCs advertised in 68 Micro Journal this month: (1). Digital Research Computers (of Texas) PO Box 461565 Garland, Texas 75046 (214) 271-3538 11x11-1/2 plated thru board. 64K RAM w/4116s. 6809E, WD1793 DD Disk controller for either 8 or 5-1/4 Drives, 80x24 video w/2716 char gen programmable fonts w/6845 CRT Controller. ASCII keyboard parallel interface w/6522, Serial I/O(6551) RS232C or 20MA loop, Centronics output (6522), Bus expansion interface w/DMA channel(6844). Dual timer. Monitor in EPROM. $399.00+$.00s&H kit fully socketed. FLEX $149.00, OS9 $199.00. (2) Artisan Systems Corp. 410 Cross Street Winchester, MA. 01890 (617) 721-2109 ~12x15 4-layer PC board. 68B09E @ 2Mhz. 64K-256K, 8-28pin sockets for EPROM or STATIC RAM. 6-RS232C via 6551A ACIAs w/SW baud rate 110 to 19.2K. 6522A w/2-16 bit timers and 2-8bit parallel ports. 8 auto vectored interrupts. Independent 68B09E for 1-4 5-1/4 or 8 inch floppies DS, SD, DD. SASI interface for Winnie. FLEX available. $895.00 w/64K and 4 Serial ports. FLEX $150.00. OS9 CALL. Forth CALL. (3) Peripheral Technology 3760 Lower Roswell Road Marietta, Ga. 30067 (404) 973-0042 5-1/2x6-1/2" board. 6809E,DS/DD Floppy Controller. 2 RS232C ports(6850). 2 8-bit parallel Ports(6821). TOD CLock (MC146818). FLEX. 56K RAM, 4K EPROM, 4K I/O. Uses SAM MC6883P. Requires +5@800ma and +-12@ 20ma. $295.95 A&T, $374.95 A&T w/Power, $895.95 A&T w/power-cab.- 2 DS/DD 5-1/4 drives. EDITORIAL COMMENT: Quite a nice selection. From 'almost' Super COCO (I'd have preferred the 6551A ACIAs and the 6845) through a real killer. Joseph L. Wood, III AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel (201) 834-3759 ariel!jlw