$8.90 US. I don't have the exact breakdown but I bought two 27C256
EPROMS for I think $0.95. And then I paid another $0.50 to have them
burned. Shipping was more than the EPROMS at $6.00.
All prices in US dollars by the way. The only changes I made to the ROM
image were the Y2k patch and I personalized it in the upper right hand
corner of the menu by replacing (c) Microsoft with my own message.
Certainly nothing life changing to the machine but I wanted to try it
and the whole process was simple. I do wish my 102 had a socket so I
could do the same thing without desoldering the EPROM.
Kurt
On 5/4/2015 10:33 AM, James Zeun wrote:
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]
<mailto:[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 <http://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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Gee wiz I do love Bill for that! :-P
>
> On 4 May 2015 1:52 pm, "Stephen Adolph"
<[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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
>>
>>
>
