Info on heritage Nallatech board?

Jonathan Bromley

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Dec 27, 2009, 5:12:54 AM12/27/09

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hi folks,

I have a very elderly Nallatech Strathnuey board that I might
try to get going if I have e few spare hours. It has two
old-original Spartan XC2S150 devices, two Xilinx flash ROMS,
a USB interface and a bunch of power regulators; it also
can plug into a PCI slot (I probably won't try to use that)
and various expansion connectors.

A few weeks ago I ping'd Nallatech about it, but got no
response (it's hard to blame them for ignoring a request
about a ten-year-old board, but I was a bit disappointed
to get no reply at all). So I wondered if anyone here
has access to any relevant documentation and/or driver
software... or, of course, the usual advice to stop
futzing around with museum stuff and move on to something
more sensible :-)

thanks in advance, and happy 2010,
--
Jonathan Bromley

PS - what's the correct way to write the past tense of
the verb "to ping"? Pingued? Pung? I started with
"pinged" but that would probably be pronounced with a
soft G...

John Adair

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Dec 27, 2009, 6:53:33 AM12/27/09

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I hadn't looked at their webste for a while but looks like they have
basically dropped anything that was a old product prior to their
takeover by Interconnect. I guess the new owners don't want the
baggage of the past. I used to look at the Strathnuey because it was a
competing product and even when it was a "current" board they made it
hard to get information without a full sales engagement.

John Adair
Enterpoint Ltd.

On 27 Dec, 10:12, Jonathan Bromley <jonathan.brom...@MYCOMPANY.com>
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mac

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Dec 27, 2009, 6:53:10 PM12/27/09

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> PS - what's the correct way to write the past tense of
> the verb "to ping"? Pingued? Pung? I started with
> "pinged" but that would probably be pronounced with a
> soft G...

"pang"

Brian Drummond

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Dec 28, 2009, 7:51:04 AM12/28/09

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On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:12:54 +0100, Jonathan Bromley
<jonathan...@MYCOMPANY.com> wrote:

>hi folks,
>
>I have a very elderly Nallatech Strathnuey board

...

>thanks in advance, and happy 2010,

I guessed at your email... if you don't hear from me, let me know.

Happy New Year!

- Brian

Nico Coesel

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Dec 28, 2009, 7:56:56 AM12/28/09

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mac <al...@theworld.com> wrote:

Like in to ring? So ping would be ping pang pung?
We tried to ping him.
We pang him.
He has been pung.

Hmmm. Like the sound of that.

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Mike Harrison

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Dec 28, 2009, 8:34:23 AM12/28/09

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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:56:56 GMT, ni...@puntnl.niks (Nico Coesel) wrote:

>mac <al...@theworld.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>> PS - what's the correct way to write the past tense of
>>> the verb "to ping"? Pingued? Pung? I started with
>>> "pinged" but that would probably be pronounced with a
>>> soft G...
>>
>>"pang"
>
>Like in to ring? So ping would be ping pang pung?
>We tried to ping him.
>We pang him.
>He has been pung.
>Hmmm. Like the sound of that.

..but the verb ring in the context of marking birds or drawing a circle with a pen would be 'ringed'