Kurt, how much did that cost? I can't afford to spend an awful lot more after buying the Rex. I'm not sure but I think Stephen was thinking of sending me a rom. But he's looking at the ROM I sent him at the moment. I'd personally just like it to work, so I can get back to using my M100 :-)
James On 4 May 2015 6:29 pm, "Kurt McCullum" <[email protected]> wrote: > You could get a new EPROM burned and just drop it in to replace the one > that's in there now. Plus fix theY2K issue at the same time. > > buyicnow.com is a really inexpensive way to go. I had two 32k EPROMS made > for my T200. It took about a week to get them but they were programmed with > the image I sent and worked perfectly. > > Kurt > > > > On Monday, May 4, 2015 10:16 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > >
