robbin@resrch.MoliEnergy.BC.CA (Robbin W. Johnson) (02/10/89)
Does anyone out there in netland have any surplus boards out of a Stride 400 series micro they would be willing to part with ($$), or know of a source for the same? Specifically, I am looking for a winchester controller board and either of the MMU or 68020 daughter boards. This is for a home system that started life as a surplus 440 CPU board that now yearns to reclaim it's hard disk heritage. If you do not have something to offer, maybe you could still help. Does anyone have any experience with using "generic" VME boards with the Stride? I have a 6 slot VME P1 (from Stride, I am not sure how well it conforms to the VME standard - it makes use of a non-standard bus termination scheme) and I suppose that if I cannot find a source for the Stride winchester board I could try a "real" VME SCSI or similar board. Is this possible and if so what problems should I look for/expect? Also, does anyone have any documentation on the Stride graphics board? We have one here where I work that is presently unused, and I may be able to borrow it to play with if I can figure out how it works. I have perused the boot PROM and BIOS listings and know a little about it's workings. However since we got it used, without any documentation, I am at a loss to determine what and where to connect things to it and how to write software for it. BTW - I understand that Stride may have re-formed under another name, does anyone know what that name is or have a contact address? Please respond by email. Robbin. -- Robbin Johnson ...!ubc-cs!van-bc!resrch!robbin robbin@MoliEnergy.BC.CA ...!uunet!/