[Coco] Multi Pack Replacement

[Bill Loguidice]

I'm tentatively interested, but this sounds like an expensive proposition.
Do you have a rough target price in mind for a fully assembled unit?

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On 2/23/2015 12:36 AM, Camillus Blockx wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> It is strange that I mentioned a couple weeks ago that i was working
>> out an MPI for myself.
>>
>> I spoke with some friends here on how I want to make my design, and I
>> said that it is gonna be a extensionbox, that sits under the coco. In
>> there space for 2 floppy 3.5 and 5.25. Also all controllers for
>> floppy, Hdd, and the SDC floppy emulator will have its place in this.
>>
>> I want to design the pcb's myself after an 8 slot MPI schematic that
>> was available on the archive and proved to work.
>>
>> In this expansion box wil also be a powers upply, and room for 4
>> exchangable rompacks, the other 4 ports (mpi) will be inside for the
>> above mentioned controllers.
>>
>> I was hoping to meld the floppydisk and IDE HDD controller in to the
>> design for the MPI. This will be a serious pcb, but with the  smd
>> parts available now I see no problems. The controllers are not that
>> complex ( I hope... LOL ).
>>
>> Being this said, I do have a question for the ones that have developed
>> one or more of those controllers, or for the guru's that have good
>> program skill with CPLCD/FPGA.
>>
>> Would it be possible to have ONE CPLD/FPGA that gives us a floppy and
>> hdd (ide/scsi) controller. Is this possible or to far fetched?
>>
>> I will draw a sketch soon of what my design will look like.
>>
>>
>> Any way now I see that there is a lot of talking about MPI
>> replacements and or mini MPI's
>>
>> I was hoping that the ones who have any interest would contact me and
>> see if can agree on building just one project. I will go one with mine
>> anyway, but maybe more people are interested in having a box that
>> allows to connect there coco on top of it and all the I/O is there.
>> Power up and ready. My idea is simple to reduce clutter and safe
>> space. And maybe just maybe, the misses let's us then put oure coco
>> back in the living eraa...lol
>>
>>
>> Camillus
>>
>> Interested ones pls contact me of list on my Email, strongly encrypted
>> for saety reason ...LOL
>>
>>   ( camillus dot b dot 58 at gmail dot com )
>>
>>
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