So, I've finally gotten back to the sage of the missing 8kB on my 102. The
clues are as follows:

 * 21446 bytes showing free after cold reset (so, 8k missing)
 * All ram chips populated
 * No sockets - all RAMs soldered
 * Good continuity across the address and data buses
 * Good continuity on the chip select (M5 pin 12 to M6 pin 20)
 * NO activity on the M5 chip select
 * Peeking from addresses inside the M5 RAM address space returns the lower
8 bits of the address that I'm reading
 * Pokes to addresses in M5 range never store - read out is always as above
 * M6-20 is not shorted to ground (meter shows a capacitor charging when
checking that resistance)

So, either I've got a bad decoder or a bad SRAM.

My question to the collective wisdom of the group is: Which is more likely?

Should I replace M5 (decoder) first, or M6 (SRAM)? I'd love for the answer
to be M6 as that will mean I don't have to solder the SMT 40H139, but I
really have poor gut feeling on which part is failed. My bet is on M6, just
because I imagine LSIs to be more prone to failure than a simple mux.

Cast your votes. I'll order parts sometime this week but I'll have to wait
until mid-August before I have time to actually swap any parts. Thanks to
everyone who's chimed in on my problem so far. I've learned quite a bit
about the 102 from this experience.

-Josh

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