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> *To:* m...@bitchin100.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 24, 2017 4:29 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
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> I think there's another stupid simple possibility that I keep forgetting
> to check too: maybe there is room if the board is just offset a l
u, Aug 24, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
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From: "John Gardner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
> ...You could make a board where the chip is soldered on, and tha
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From: "Francesco Messineo"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 4:34 AM
Subject: Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
>I don't have an original M100, however, I've made in the past some
> ROMs adapters for other old computers, they are actually smaller than
> the
, 2017 at 2:22 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message -
>> From: "John Gardner"
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
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>> > ...You could mak
gt; - Original Message -
> From: "John Gardner"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
>
>
> > ...You could make a board where the chip is soldered on, and that
> > would fit in the original socket
- Original Message -
From: "John Gardner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
> ...You could make a board where the chip is soldered on, and that
> would fit in the original socket. The problem then is, that chi
Yes, but, then it's this oddball accessory that you must keep around, and
labeled, and still end up just losing after a while, and your grandnephew
never knows what it's for a few years later in a box of mystery parts.
Or you could just stuff a piece of paper right in the cavity near the main
rom
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Totally makes sense. My M100s are
indeed all the old style PCB that use the non-standard LH* chip. I do
wish I was one of those lucky folks with the later model PCBs. One of the
reasons I created the Worldwide Model T Registry database on Web8
...You could make a board where the chip is soldered on, and that
would fit in the original socket. The problem then is, that chip
would not be re-programmable very easily, because the combined
chip-on-adapter creates a non-standard pinout that a programmer
doesn't support...
A pgming adapter sou
The problem is that the new adapter is too tall for the available space, if
it's plugged in to the original socket.
The reason it's too tall is because of the plcc socket. Through-hole style
plcc sockets are pretty tall.
The way that adapter works, you lose the ability to plug the original rom
ba
t; Plugs right in and optionally also gives you an Option ROM as well as a
> System ROM in the same chip.
>
> m
>
> - Original Message -
> *From:* Gary Weber
> *To:* M100
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 23, 2017 5:17 PM
> *Subject:* [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
>
>
To: M100
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 5:17 PM
Subject: [M100] Figtronix Main ROM adapter
Hello all,
I have a question for anyone out there who has created a main ROM adapter for
their Model 100, using these parts and following these instructions:
http://tandy.wiki/FigTronix
Hello all,
I have a question for anyone out there who has created a main ROM adapter
for their Model 100, using these parts and following these instructions:
http://tandy.wiki/FigTronix#Model_100_Main_ROM_27C256_PLCC_Adapter
My question has to do with this statement:
"Unfortunately, using this
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