Hi-
I got mine, too.  The eZ80F91Acclaim!  Can't wait to play with Ethernet
etc.
David
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*Herbert Graf wrote:

>Hello all, just received my contest kit for the Zilog eZ80Aclaim.
>
>Very cool, it comes with a module with Ethernet and iRDA on it, along with a
>serial cable for programming.
>
>Of course, what's the first thing a person like me does when they receive
>something like this? They open it up to see what's inside! :)
>
>Very interesting, the "serial cable" is actually very complicated for the
>task it's meant for. It's got 128kB of SRAM, a Zilog microcontroller and an
>Altera CPLD (along with a oscillator and a Maxim rs232 level shifter).  I
>guess they need the CPLD for the same reason I needed one on my logan
>project: not enough I/O on the microcontroller. But why a programmer cable
>needs 128KB of SRAM is beyond me! :) I guess there's a good reason.
>
>Oh, and the microcontroller says "eng sample" on it and there's a hand fix
>of a small amount of wire connecting the CPLD to I/O6 of the SRAM, guess the
>board has a bad trace?
>
>Anyways, very neat kit, can't wait to put it in action. TTYL
>
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