defron@violet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (02/14/87)
The PD32 Users' Group is announcing its latest revision of the PD32, a
mostly public domain UNIX board. The board is based on the National Semi
32016 chip set. This includes the CPU, FPU, TCU, ICU and MMU. The design
is 10Mhz, 2Meg. The board requires an I/O subsystem. The most supported
system is an IBM PC or clone, XT, AT, etc. However the board can run (with
great difficulty) on other I/O bases (especially CP/M machines). The ideal
I/O system is an AT (or an XT with NEC V20) with at least a 20M hard disk.
The hardware is by George Scolaro and the software (aside from UNIX) is by
Dave Rand.
The board is a four layer, very high quality production. The current
UNIX supported is System V.2. (We are looking into Sys V.3, but no promises.)
This is a full AT&T sanctioned port with all utilities and languages, but
not the Writer's Workbench. The board comes complete with all the necessary
I/O drivers for the PC. The UNIX uses the PC file system. It creates one
big file for the UNIX file structure. This can actually be broken up into
many smaller files and you can mount a floppy or a RAMDISK under the file
system.
We are offering the board in many configurations. In addition we will
supply artwork, schematics, pal equations and prom listings to those who are
interested. Also, we will supplying data books, etc. with purchases. The
design is public domain, but you need permission to sell any product based
on it.
We are beta testing the board now and will be selling this new version
in the middle of March. If you are interested these are the approximate
prices. (The last two are exact.) The price does not include shipping.
Bare board w/ essential parts
(pals, proms, 32016 chip set) $150
Bare board w/ essential parts
and UNIX Sys V.2 $550
Complete, wave-soldered kit
all components, including RAM $400
Complete kit and UNIX Sys V.2 $795
Assembled and tested board
and UNIX Sys V.2 $949
You can get in touch with the PD32 UG at the following address and
we'll let you know more details about how to purchase. (Please send us
your US-mail address via US-mail, it helps in our record keeping.)
Daniel Efron
8910 Westmoreland Lane
Minneapolis, MN 55426
If you have any public domain UNIX software (for SYS V) we'd like to
get a copy. Please mail to me at my arpa, uucp or US-mail address.