As an early adopter/beta tester, I highly recommend this board!
As yet, the board is only giving a glimpse of its potential, and yet it is completely replacing the original 6800 processor board. I am using a 5370A, with emulated 5370B firmware, and my A appears to now function as B in all important respects. It runs quite a bit faster than it originally did... and the Beagle Bone Black that has taken over the 6800's duties, isn't even breaking a sweat. At this point in time, the BBB single board computer is doing a software emulation of the original 6800 microprocessor, and is running a copy of the original firmware of either a 5370A, or B, model counter. The BBB is configured to step between the emulated code and the 5370's front panel, so you can add functions to the front panel at will. Currently, the front panel allows you to set things like RESET, halt, IP addresses, masks, etc... In the future, I can foresee replacing the 6800 firmware with custom C language routines and making the 5370 really sing! Your limit is pretty much your imagination. Oh, did I mention? It is on the ethernet with a full linux IP stack and firewall! Plug it into your router, and you can load, read, fiddle, and do just about anything far away from the actual 5370. I routinely send upgrades to my 5370 from clear across the building! -Chuck Harris (a very satisfied customer) John Seamons wrote:
Please excuse this commercial announcement (although it is a near-zero profit endeavor). I am now accepting general orders for the hp 5370 processor replacement board. More info and ordering information at: <www.jks.com/5370/5370.html> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
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