> Lastly, has this ROM been dumped? If not, I’ll pull it off the PCB and read > it.
Hello again — I posted my chip to the club100 website earlier today, if that helps http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Baker Thanks, SB -- Greetings from Steve Baker “Gravity brings me down...” > On Dec 19, 2020, at 8:24 PM, Jeffrey Birt <bir...@soigeneris.com> wrote: > > > I’ll try the pic again as it seems the first one was too large. > > Jeff Birt > > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> On Behalf Of Steve Baker > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 7:07 PM > To: m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: Re: [M100] SuperROM > > Another pic, not sure it was attached correctly... > > -- > Greetings from Steve Baker > “Gravity brings me down...” > > > > > On Dec 19, 2020, at 8:00 PM, Greg Swallow <gswal...@mchsi.com> wrote: > > No edge for me to grab and my eyes are not good enough to line it up. Maybe > the attached photos can help. > > > <10081.jpg> > > > Dec 19, 2020 5:47:48 PM Jeffrey Birt <bir...@soigeneris.com>: > > SuperROM – > > Working on an M100 now that came with a SuperROM that had stuck in the socket > and the socket managed getting it out. Socket replaced, but I am confused as > to how the SuperROM (SR) was ever intended to fit properly. > > The SR gets stuck as while the Pin1/28 side is held up from the bottom of the > socket by the pin 1 tab on the SR PCB, the opposite end drops down so far > that the PCB falls below the bend of the contacts. This lets the contacts > spring out over the top of the PCB and thus it is stuck. > > If I shim up the SR enough to prevent it getting stuck then it pops out very > easily. It seems to be a very poor design. Perhaps there is some part of this > one that is missing? I could not find any images on the web that clearly > showed the SR board to compare to though. > > The contact is also really poor, sometimes it will make contact in the socket > and sometimes not. It may be that the PCB was damaged when it was wrestled > out. > > Lastly, has this ROM been dumped? If not, I’ll pull it off the PCB and read > it. > > Thanks, > Jeff Birt > <IMG_9318_sm.jpg>
