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Timbucus · 6th Jul 2021, 8:56 pm

Yes - they seem to suggest that it would rely on an external terminal - I suppose as it used the standard large NIBL ROM he would have no choice as the Scrumpi 3 architecture would have got in the way but, a basic Scrumpi 3 at £189 with case and PSU was effectively a useful Dumb Terminal already by then in its basic 128 byte model with no RAM expansion etc.

I envision it as a single large PCB a bit like the Nascom or the Triton as he does not mention a rack mount or anything like the ETI S68 used which was originally the first Scrumpi design adapted to the 6800 chip.

6th Jul 2021, 8:56 pm	#3
Timbucus Octode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Posts: 1,364	Re: Scrumpi 2/3 developments and Scrumpi 4! Yes - they seem to suggest that it would rely on an external terminal - I suppose as it used the standard large NIBL ROM he would have no choice as the Scrumpi 3 architecture would have got in the way but, a basic Scrumpi 3 at £189 with case and PSU was effectively a useful Dumb Terminal already by then in its basic 128 byte model with no RAM expansion etc. I envision it as a single large PCB a bit like the Nascom or the Triton as he does not mention a rack mount or anything like the ETI S68 used which was originally the first Scrumpi design adapted to the 6800 chip.