> I give full credit to Trevor for digging up exactly the right company for the job.

They were recommended to A-Eon by P.A.Semi, so half credit should suffice ;-)

> the SB600 came as no surprise to either of us as we had already been discussing
> its potential use with the MPC8640/8641 (by that I mean US, not the entire forum).

Others were earlier:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4306&forum=11&start=7
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6124&forum=32&start=12

:-)

> How many years has this been, btw?

About 6, I guess.