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Just submitted the artwork to the PC board house! I'm ordering 25 bare boards. Looks like they'll be around $20 USD each + shipping.

I'm thinking I will let the preorder run until the end of the Chinese New Year festivals, there's no point in submitting boards now, they won't get processed anyway!

As promised:

https://services.theglitchworks.net/ng/ ... t=osi_560z

Even if you've contacted me about these boards, PLEASE PREORDER! That gets your name and email into my system so I can process the preorders automatically.

Wrapping up some changes to the preorder system, should have it deployed tonight. I thought I had it finished, but ended up upgrading the framework I use due to a security advisory. Always something

Now with 100% more PDP-8:

Sure, there's already a footprint for adding another 40-pin CPU. It seems that OSI intended this board to be used to experiment with new CPUs without having to design the rest of the computer. Interfacing is left as an exercise to the reader

Mile High Test got back to me, they've got the 560Z board and just needed me to sign off on the work order. Should have scans soon!

I don't know of an actual OS for the PDP-8 side, or the Z80 for that matter. If nothing exists, I was thinking I would eventually write a soft front panel. Yes, I've got blank 420 boards, plus I was planning on expanding my RAM board project to provide 12-bit support: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2016/...

The 560Z board is off to Mile High Test! Expected to be in Friday, so I'll probably have Gerbers by Monday.

Got 'em! Soon, 560Z boards for all! I will put together a preorder for them (already have a small webapp that does preorders) and figure out how large the first run should be.