I for one was not knocking the REX, it's a fantastic device. I think what Brian was referring to was placing the REX into a molex carrier with these pins wrapped around it like a stock ROM would be instead of spacing with cardboard and a ribbon for removal. I agree that most people would not want to remove the option ROM socket.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 12:09 PM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: > May not be obvious to everyone, but I designed the T200 Ram module for my > own purposes, with my own on-hand components, and subsequently released > it. Citing it as an example of poor design choices isn't fair as a > result. By all means, please put in the work to design build and test and > share an improved design. > > REX is plug and play. I think most people would prefer to plug into the > existing MOLEX...without a need to solder in a socket. > > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> >> *To:* m...@bitchin100.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:59 AM >> *Subject:* [M100] diy pins >> >> Holy cow cool... >> >> One of the significant challenges developing new devices to put into the >> old devices is simply the physical pins. >> >> Standard common pins, whether square or round, are usually too big to >> work (without damage) in most chip sockets, and in several instances there >> is not enough vertical space available to remove a normal dip andnput in a >> pcb with pin headers with shoulders. >> >> We resort to measures like: >> http://tandy.wiki/Model_200_RAM >> >> >>
