I'd love to post you my M100, but its far to delicate/precious to entrust
with the postman. Plus I use it for writing :-P
On 4 May 2015 3:28 pm, "Stephen Adolph" <[email protected]> wrote:

> In theory yes, but the hardware compatibility item is very important.
> Since all roms run in VT, we might assume that they are compatible. the
> exception is the lack of modem in the EU machines.
>
> I thinking to send James an EEPROM with the other EU ROM that is
> compatible with REX.  But, I want to do some testing here to confirm it.
>
> I would prefer to have the target hardware in front of me though..
> Otherwise I am just guessing.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Gary L Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity then, does that mean that by installing the main
>> ROM replacement fix REX would run on the machine? I suppose it depends
>> on whether there are actual hardware differences as well?
>>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:03 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Gee wiz I do love Bill for that! :-P
>> >
>> > On 4 May 2015 1:52 pm, "Stephen Adolph" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> comparing this "new rom" to the original and my other EU rom on file,
>> it
>> >> is so different that I suspect Bill Gates decided to kill the option
>> rom
>> >> business in EU and keep the price high on M100 to sell Multiplan.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> James was able to extract his Main ROM from his M100 with the late
>> main
>> >>> board.
>> >>> Turns out that ROM is quite different.
>> >>> * it is different from the usual M100/T102 main ROM
>> >>> * it is also different from the other EU main ROM I have
>> >>>
>> >>> Checksum is EEA4.
>> >>>
>> >>> This ROM image runs in VT, but not with REX.  So, there must be some
>> >>> calls locations that have changed in the main ROM that affect REX.
>> >>>
>> >>> ..Steve
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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