[Coco] Multi-Pak Interface question.

[Christopher Hawks]

Ryan Pritchard said the following on 03/03/2009 10:11 PM:
> It would be my understanding that any patent (if any existed) on the MPI 
> would be expired at this point, leaving only a potential for copy-write 
> issues.  Though my thought is if one can buy the PAL fix for the CoCo 3, 
> then one merely has to assemble said parts from a schematic and voila MPI.
> 
> On the flip side there was mention of Chris Hawk who is still on this 
> list that previously made a compatible/comparable device called the 
> SlotPak III, as was pointed out by Tom Seagrove.  Maybe he would be able 
> to release details on that device if they still exist such that we could 
> see these manufactured again, or at least people could choose to make 
> one themselves.

     I never built the Slot-Pak III. But, I did design it and make some early 
prototypes. Howard Medical and CoCoPro built and sold them. I have the 
schematic somewhere (I think) and I do have a bare pc-board. There are no 
Net-Lists or Gerber files as this was designed in 1988 and the board was laid 
out with pin-striping tape.

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Christopher R. Hawks
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