So it's become *Stephen's* M100ROM board now? ;-)
I don't see any reason myself why you couldn't make a re-programmable Option
ROM adapter using a 27C256 EPROM but I'm not going to get into another
discussion; I am curious though why, with the various other options including
REX, you'd want one?
Personally, I still think an Option ROM adapter using a RAM chip would be nice;
I wonder if the FigTronix one could be adapted...
m
----- Original Message -----
From: Kurt McCullum
To: Model 100 Discussion
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [M100] Adapter Board
Thanks for all the information. The list is once again a wealth of knowledge.
I'll look into the other boards.
Kurt
On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:18 AM, Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
A 27C256 is problematical in the option rom socket because you can't
reprogram it once you solder it. Or at least it would be pretty hard to squeeze
the couple extra components to handle the Vpp pin so that it is tied to Vcc (or
gdn or no-connect, I forget what it needs right now, other than that it should
*not* be connected to any of the socket legs) during normal run-time operation,
but not tied to Vcc and instead *is* routed to an edge contact for programming.
The 28C256 board can do it because the chip is SOIC package and there is
physically room for the parts.
There is no such thing as a SOIC 27C256, or at least not an erasable one.
Burning and soldering a chip as a one-way trip is not really hobbyist friendly.
You risk wasting $6 chips and having to de-solder, clean, and resolder chips on
the board for every mistake or testing another rom.
It's different if you're producing 100 copies of the same thing to sell. You
don't care about re-writing then. But in that case you have the resources to
just whip up your own new board any time you want. A few different similar
board designs are public that you can download and copy, and even the cad
software is free (kicad). Edit and upload to osh park and order as set for $6.
But I suggest just use the SOIC v2.0 28C256 board. And get the option rom
programming adapter v2 at the same time. And some singlenrow machined round pin
headers for the programming adapter.
Or use the m100 board (Stephen's, not FigTroniX) and use the option rom
feature on that. It goes in the main rom socket inside, not in the option rom
socket, and it can provide both a main and option rom in one uv-erasable 28 pin
dip 27C512.
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bkw
On Jun 14, 2016 11:42 AM, "Stephen Adolph" <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote:
ah sorry I missed that. yah it is for main rom socket. not optrom.
but it can provide optrom.
On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Kurt McCullum <kurt.mccul...@att.net>
wrote:
> Would it just need to be cut down to fit into a 102 or 200 optrom slot? I
> suppose since the 200 has a regular socket for its main ROM it might work
as
> is.
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:20 AM, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> the M100ROM board supports 27C256..
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Kurt McCullum <kurt.mccul...@att.net>
> wrote:
>> There have been a few new adapter boards for the OptRom slot of the
>> 100/102/200. I notice that none of them support a standard 27C256 EPROM.
I
>> know these boards used to be available, along with the wrap around
>> flexible
>> circuit boards used by Traveling Software. Does anybody know of an
OSHPark
>> design that exists?
>>
>> Kurt
>
>
