My response would be....Who would not be interested if this were truly available... ----- dans party <danielcomiskey@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 5/1/80, Ivan Chaparro <jibarosoul@...> wrote: From: Ivan Chaparro <jibarosoul@...> Subject: Re: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM To: xl7@yahoogroups.com Received: Saturday, 5 January, 1980, 8:37 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Im in, just wondering if you could clarify how this > would integrate into a maxed out command station. Eg: all four roms filled will > i have to sacrifice one? will it just pop into one of the existing > slots? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: >Geert > To:xl7@yahoogroups. com > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:47 > AM > Subject: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM > > > definately in. --- In xl7@yahoogroups. com, Jack Pratt > <woodsworth1@ ...> wrote: > > Howdy. > > I > have created a schematic for a FLASH SIMM. I can send a copy to anyone > who is sufficiently interested (rather than posting it to everyone [which > I thought would be bad etiquette]) - so pm me if you want to see it. > > > This FLASH SIMM is not the same as DRAM SIMM mentioned previously, > but has some similar features. The intention is to have two 1Gb FLASH devices > populated (total of 256MB FLASH) which would allow as many as seven 32+4MB > images [32MB = wave memory, 4MB preset memory]. > > What The SIMM > is does mirrors up to four slots - it is actually in one slot but > can respond to requests for any of the slots, but you can turn 'off' that > response so you can put a physical ROM (or other FLASH) in that slot. Of cours > that only accounts for 4 ROM images, the other may be accessed by either a > switch or possibly in the future the OS could be modified so that there would > be a menu item that allows the user to select which image appears in any > given slot. The SIMM has 4 footprints for FLASH devices and if Numonyx every > release a 2Gb part then the SIMM could support 1GB of FLASH or 28 images. > I'm not planning on altering the OS in the near future so don't hold > your breath. > > Unfortunately this FLASH SIMM will probably not > be programmable in the old way [Ultra for wave memory, Proteus for preset > memory] so I need to also produce another board to read and write the board. > This solution would be cheaper than buying an Ultra sampler but it wouldn't be > a sampler! > > In order to proceed I need to know if anyone is > interested in this SIMM. Cost would be about USD150 for the SIMM, and about > USD125 for the programmer. Not sure on the exact prices because it will depend > on the PCB manufacture cost, but I figure I need to sell about 20 of them to > make it worth while. Not asking for money, but just a show of > hands. > > Let me know what you think. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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Re: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM
2010-12-18 by gary higgins