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Subject: Re: Past Blast - "Wonder Woman 1984" - Corp Guy Using PET
Date: 3 Apr 2025 18:42:19 GMT
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 06:26:16 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Also always wanted a good S-100 system ... but could not afford one
>    way back then. THINK they hung on all the way to the 68k chips, but
>    after that the bus was too slow. NOW I can't afford a working re-sell

The rumor back then was the S-100 bus came from someone finding a great 
deal on milsurp edge connectors. There were a number of alternatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STD_Bus

Despite the name, the STD bus wasn't a standard. Sprague Electric had a 
severe case of NIH so I designed a bus for them that used a Z80 processor, 
memory cards, and I/O cards. You could get away with a lot with 3.57 MHz. 
It was fun and they were willing to pay for the project but a COTS 
solution would have made more sense.