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Re: What the ST should be

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From: Van Snyder
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 21:49
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In article <2864@krafla.rhi.hi.is> adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David) writes:
>>2.  It should contain software drivers to emulate (and a socket for)
>>a 68881/68882.
>
>This could be made available as an upgrade. Does anyone have any ideas about
>plugging non-standard hardware boards into Blitter/Glue/MMU sockets? Where are
>the connectors available from? Of course it's a good idea to include FPU
>emulator code as standard.
>
PLCC PLUGS (not sockets) are available from Mackenzie technology, in Sunnyvale,
CA (I think).  They have all the common sizes.

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From: vsnyder@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder)
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Subject: Re: What the ST should be
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