The SC/MP is finally alive!

[Tony Duell]

> Does anyone else here build old stuff like this? Or do you build your =
> own debug
> and monitor software? Any experimenters/builders here?

I used to do a lot of building.. Alas it's technically illegal now in the 
UK. The idiot government decided that the EU EMC directives should apply 
to 1-offs, prototypes, and experimental designs. Now I don't have a 
screened room to do the tests, I certainly can't predict the RF behaviour 
of one of my designs without doing the tests (and I don't think anyone 
else could either). Oh well... Fortunately this law doesn't seem to be 
enforced unless you deliberatley make a radio transmitter and use it to 
interfere with something.

More serious is the fact that getting the necessary chips are getting 
very hard to get now. More modern 'replacements' seem to come either in 
difficult-to-handle BGA packages (SMD is not a worry for me) or need 
expensive programmings tools. Fortunately my junk box is still well 
stocked bujt that won't last for ever.

YEs, I still build stuff. Mostly interfaces, add-ons, little 
microcontroller boards, etc. I guess I should build a complete computer 
system again, just for fun...

-tony