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March_1998
RE: New Cat box development?


From: David Shoemaker (Comforce/RhoTech) ( )
Date: Fri Mar 13 1998 - 11:23:58 CST


> I haven't looked at it any further. If I remember we were thinking about
> the possibility of using a Motorola 68HC11 to create the "catbox deaux".
> I am still interested in this project. I have a 68HC11 development board
> sitting in my basement just waiting to be used!
> Now I just need to find some time to get started.
And there is the problem for all of us.

> Perhaps we need to define the architecture of the new catbox. Keeping in
> mind that we don't want to OD on the features. I'm happy with one that
> does
> the same thing the old catbox does, but is architectured such that one
> could expand on it.
>
Well to start with we need to emulate all the functions of the original cat
box (minus the logic probe probably).

> So who's up for writing the architecture "spec" so we have something to
> design to? I'm willing to be part of it.
>
>
Let me dig out my docs again and I will start a bullet list on just what the
features were.

        David


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