[Coco] An 8-Slot Multi-Pak Design for my Color Computer Friends

[Little John (GIMEchip.com)]

If there is enough interest, I will have some boards made. The buffer PCB 
will cost me about $20 each in lots of 10. I haven't calculated the cost of 
the slot board yet. The slot board is designed so that each slot can be 
either a standard CoCo edge card socket OR a 40-pin header. I have 
negotiated the purchase of 1000 coco cart sockets, I should have them soon. 
I have also designed it so that each slot has an added header that makes a 
few additional things available (such as 3.3V). I am working on getting the 
slot board ready to upload to CoCo3.com. Now, anyone who wants to take the 
time to debug the design and make some and sell them - go ahead - I don't do 
this for profit - I do this for you folks. Now, I haven't tested the design 
yet and it was designed in less than 9 hours, so bugs likely exist. By 
posting it, I hope others will be able to catch design flaws :-)
-John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean" <badfrog at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] An 8-Slot Multi-Pak Design for my Color Computer Friends



> Somebody please make one so I can buy it. :)

>

>

>

> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Little John (GIMEchip.com)

> <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:

>> This is my latest project, designed just for you guys and the readers of 

>> CoCo3.com. I worked on this for about 9 hours when my internet was off. 

>> Hopefully it will be of some use to some of you.

>>

>> It is taking a lot longer to do the write up than it did to complete the 

>> design, but I have posted Part 1 (of 2) here:

>> http://www.coco3.com/community/2010/07/this-is-part-1-of-2-of-an-8-slot-mpi-multi-pak-interface-design-for-my-friends-at-coco3-com-andor-the-maltedmedia-list-members-from-your-friend-johngimechip-com

>>

>> Let me know if you spot any potential problems. I'll get part two typed 

>> up and posted by tomorrow.

>>

>> Enjoy. Let me know if you find any errors in my design. I'll fix any that 

>> crop up.

>>

>> Your Friend - Lil' John

>>

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