[Coco] SuperBoard Progress

[Roger Taylor]

Can you estimate a release date?  Will there be any support for TCP/IP, 
even as an add-on?


At 05:58 AM 11/9/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>All,
>
>Quick update on the SuperBoard's progress.
>
>We did have some problems with the IDE interface and we spent a great deal 
>of time making the hardware faster and testing it. The optimizations did 
>not pan out and we research and tested the heck out of it. Currently the 
>SuperIDE board, which is going to be on the SuperBoard as an option is in 
>it's final prototype turn. We also used this platform to make the 
>SuperBoard's Expansion bus. This to was also done on the SuperIDE project. 
>So even though the SuperBoard isn't completed a lot of the work is being 
>done. The software drivers are being tested and complete also. I have a 
>problem in my final prototype on this board and I'm tracking it down. 
>Appears to be an equation problem in the CPLD that was cured by a non 
>turbo mode burn on the last rev....IE: race condition.... UGHH. I'll have 
>the 36 channel 10ns logic analyzer hooked up and trace it down and squash 
>that bug. Again LOTS of testing.
>
>Pro-Tector+ which resides on the SuperBoard is also in it's final stage. I 
>have found one problem in the last turn of the board and still have one 
>minor problem. When the machine is turned on it doesn't always reset 
>properly. Every line is buffered on the uP socket now.
>
>Once this is done all that will be left is to do the memory interface, 
>bi-dir parallel port and the SuperROM hooks which is based upon the FLASH 
>that is on the SuperIDE. :)
>
>It looks awesome!!!! Need to get the web page updated to reflect this 
>work.....Never enough time...... :)
>
>Take care,
>
>Mark
>Cloud-9
>
>
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