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And in response to all this talk about publishing board designs and the
stalled CUMP and PBK projects, "Our Good Man" Douglas Wood
http://epicis.piclist.com has stepped up to the plate and offered a really
cool prize for the first published starter circuit and PCB with some boot
loading, demo, programming AND prototyping / expansion ability. E.g. PBK or
CUMP.

It's a small board (approx. 4.5"x5.5") that uses a 17C756 processor, has
32kx8 external RAM and 64kx16 external flash (for program storage) and a
bunch of I/O, including a full-duplex multi-drop-RS-485 network (with
collision detection) and an RS-232 (3-wire) port. (It also has some
application-specific I/O on it, for the application for which it was
originally designed, like ticket spitters [Skee-ball style], etc.) It even
has an expansion bus on it!

Fully assembled and tested, working and probably a lot of fun for some hard
working student or hobbyist to mess with. Take the time, download and learn
a good PCB program like Autotrax or (cough) Eagle and lay out a board. There
are a ton of open source bootloaders, programmers and circuits for input and
output.

Thanks Doug!

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