Re: [oc] Prototype boards like the XSA-100

[Agador Sparticus <mega_gojira@wowmail.com>]

Paul;

I considered getting a BurchEd board but I liked the packaging
of the Xess; it comes with a ps2, a parallel, a few other things,
and for another $100 I can get the XStend addon board. BurchEd looks
like its more modular and more add ons, but the tally appeared to make
it more expensive to buy all the capabilities that would equal the same components on the two Xess boards. There's nothing wrong with BurchEd though and I will most likely aquire one in the future.

I guess I'll keep using my mousepad as a mounting for my Xess.

--- "Paul McFeeters" <paul.mcfeeters@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Agador,
>
>couldn't you use the board 'upside-down' or even on its side if you are worried about
>the prototyping pins shorting out? Or get a piece of wood and cut out a mounting
>cradle for it?
>
>I don't think mousemats are conductive unless you've got a weird silver foil one or
>suchlike. Obviously try not to spill anything on it as I accidentally did on a hard 
>disk years ago which killed the drive completely.
>
>Paul
>
>PS I don't use any Xess boards myself yet, I only use BurchEd boards so we don't have
>this problem but I hope the suggestions help you.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-cores@opencores.org [mailto:owner-cores@opencores.org]On
>> Behalf Of Agador Sparticus
>> Sent: 09 February 2002 00:58
>> To: cores@opencores.org
>> Subject: RE: [oc] IDE/ATA-5 controller with DMA and Hard Disk support in
>> Verilog?
>> 
>> 
>> For those of you using prototype boards like the <a href="http://www.xess.com/prod026.php3">Xess</a>, what are you 
>> "mounting" them on (for lack of better verbiage)?
>> I'm just keeping mine on a mousepad but that makes me nervous.
>> 
>> 
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