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by dave » Mon Dec 29, 2014 6:10 am
Yes, the boards probably won't be cheap to make. However, OSI boards often didn't have solder masks or silk screens, so a prototype quality run should be authentic.
It should be possible, once you have gerbers and drill files, to import using a tool like Altium, and extract a netlist, and match that up with a separately entered schematic, and end up with a full design in an eCAD package. That may have some value as a starting point for variations, such as substituting currently available keys, replacing some hard-to-source chips, building a data-separator into the floppy interface, etc. If you're willing to share the gerbers, I'd be very interested to give that a try.
There's a CAD program currently being developed by Altium, called CircuitMaker, that seems like it will be a pretty powerful program available for free, the catch being that the design is hosted by Altium on the web. Perfect for OSI projects. I'm beta testing it, and it would be fun to see how it handles a Superboard or a 610 board.
Dave