I just looked back, here is the link. This guys board looks just like mine,
except I have more ram fitted

http://www.mvcsys.de/doc/remem_install.html

On 26 May 2015 at 12:52, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Steve
>
> Under other circumstances, say if we lived in the same country, I would
> post you the machine and the REX to you, no questions asked. But given the
> distance and the age of the M100, I dont think it would be good for the
> computer or my nerves. As I would be having kittens, wondering if it was
> going to get lost in the post. Plus there is the matter of shipping, I can
> see posting the M100 would be expensive.
>
> This is a totally new platform to me, while I know what a binary is, I've
> not really encountered HEX files before. Aside from HEX archives on the
> Macintosh Plus. My understanding of ROMs and checksums is not shall we say
> that good, in fact it's down right rubbish! The closest I've come to
> playing with ROMS is on a BBC Micro computer and even then i was only
> fitting them. So I think it is fair to say your knowledge on this subject
> surpassed mine in leaps and bounds. Which is probably why your building the
> REX and I'm not :-P
>
> I am very happy to post you the REX, as I would like to know what the heck
> is going on myself. Is my machine faulty? is the REX faulty? Are all
> European M100's built like mine? Could the REX not working in my machine,
> be an indication of an inherit incompatibility between US and EU models? Am
> I going to struggle with other expansion modules?
> One way or the other its all a process of learning more about these little
> machines.  I've done a little research on EU M100's and found another guy
> here in the UK who has a machine like mine. I think I sent you a link /
> picture of it a while back. So we at least know mine isn't a one off. The
> guy in question was trying to fit something to his machine but discovered
> his mobo didn't match up with the US machines.
>
> The REX is installed like it is shown in the wiki page, with the two lines
> on the PCB lining up with the gaps in the plastic surround. I wont deny
> getting stung with the extra charges really wasn't great, since then it's
> sort of felt like everything that could go wrong HAS. It's been a struggle
> to keep up my enthusiasm but I do like using this little computer, it's
> leagues better then the Amstrad NC100 and other machines of that ilk.
>
> If you want to email me your address, I will sort out sending you the REX,
> is there any point me posting you the new ROM as well?
>
> Cheers
> James
>
>
> On 26 May 2015 at 12:00, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> James,
>> Sorry, I thought you would understand that the 32k file is a binary file,
>> and the file you extracted from your now modified laptop would be hex ascii.
>> And yes, the goal is for you to be able to verify that you got what you
>> asked for, and that involves confirming that your installed ROM matches the
>> binary that I sent.  Does that clarify?
>> There are lots of things online to help you out.
>> I used winhex to convert your file from hex ascii to binary, then compute
>> the hash 16.  Your extracted ROM has a checksum of A8AF - as expected.
>>
>> So, as I said in the off list thread, I can't do anything further.  You
>> have hardware that I have never seen, which could be defective for all I
>> know.  It also could be a broken REX.
>>
>> If you want you can send REX to me on your dime and I can test it out.
>> If it is "no fault found" then I suppose you would want a refund which I am
>> fine with but  you will need to contact Ken and understand what he is
>> willing to do.
>>
>> I am assuming that REX is correctly installed.  Did you check that?
>> Please go to to the wiki to understand how to install REX.
>>
>> If you'd rather avoid shipping costs I'm happy to refund my portion of
>> this now.
>>
>> In the past I have had people send me their machines to debug, which
>> generally is a learning opportunity.  But since you are in the UK and
>> already unhappy about the money you have spent, I'm not interested in
>> pursuing this option as there are no guarantees that anything can be made
>> to work for you.
>>
>> If I had more of these different UK machine data points, I would be
>> comfortable with saying that REX does NOT WORK in a UK machine.  But, with
>> a data point of ONE unit, I don't think it is correct to make that
>> statement.
>>
>>
>>
>> ..Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:32 AM, James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey guys!
>>>
>>> So since posting in April that I was having trouble getting REX to work,
>>> there's been a little progress, but not a lot. Stephen kindly supplied me
>>> with a ROM file that was compatible with the REX and using a company Kurt
>>> had told me about. I had a new System ROM burnt for my machine.
>>>
>>> The ROM arrived last week and after installing it, the REX still doesn't
>>> respond to the CALL63012 command. When I input that command, the machine
>>> locks up and only by pressing the RESET can I get it back. This also has
>>> the side effect of wiping clean the computers memory, which I thought was
>>> interesting, because pressing the RESET shouldn't do that. Only a hard
>>> reset zaps your ram (unless I'm mistaken?).
>>>
>>> Stephen asked me if i could do a system dump and compare results with (I
>>> believe) the original file he sent me. However I'm not entirely clear on
>>> the method he wants me to use, e.g Am I comparing the file sizes of each
>>> file or something more involved like comparing the contents? The latter of
>>> which I wouldn't have a clue about. The system dump I made over the weekend
>>> curiously comes to 64kb, while the image file Stephen sent me weights in at
>>> 32kb. I'm a little confused why the dumped file is twice the size, surely
>>> it should be the same size as the file Stephen sent me.
>>>
>>> File size aside, everything else about the ROM seems to work, except I'm
>>> still having issue with the REX. So either the fault is with the module or
>>> my M100, or there is something else about the EU M100 that makes it
>>> incompatible with REX. As its been established the motherboard and the
>>> system rom of my machine differ from US machines. The only part of that
>>> which bothers me, is compatibility. It just seems like bad business sense
>>> to make US and EU machines so radically different. that they can't share
>>> addon modules.
>>>
>>> Well thats the slog so far, big thanks to those people who have helped
>>> me on this. It sucks big time that it didn't worked out the box, but at
>>> least we know that EU M100's are funny buggers...well mine is at least! lol
>>>
>>> <http://www.buyicnow.com/it.php?i=72>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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