That's cool, but that's more of a replacement for the NADSBox. The rex is the optrom replacement module.
On Mar 5, 2017 3:28 PM, "Ron Lauzon" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the hardware working. You have to make your own cable. > Right now I am debugging the code. I'm getting some interesting > not-quite-spec requests from TS-DOS. But things look promising. > > Right now, hardware costs are: > Arduino Mega - $46 > MicroSD shield - $15 > RS-232 shifter - $14 > (You can get everything at sparkfun.com) > > I had the wires, serial cable and LED (drive in use light) laying > around, so there was no cost for me for those parts. > > It will require some simple soldering - beginner level stuff. You > need to solder the headers on to the MicroSD shield and RS-232 > shifter. And you'll need to take apart and adjust the serial cable (I > just cut mine in half and changed the wires there). > > The code will be open source. I have it in github right now: > https://github.com/rlauzon/arduino-tpdd > along with the documentation that I've created so far. > > > On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Josh Malone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am not aware of anyone selling rex units at this time. However, > someone > > (name not coming to me now) has recentlyhad success in building his own. > > It's a very non-trivial undertaking as i understand it, but I'm hoping > that > > someone will eventually be willing to make another run for sale. > > > > fingers->cross (); > > > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2017 11:08 AM, "George M Rimakis" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> I’ve tried getting using the order form on club100, and emailing Ken > >> directly, with no luck. Does anyone know if the REX is still available? > >> > >> > >> > >> ~George > > > > -- > Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org > Homepage: http://webpages.charter.net/rlauzon/ > Weblog: http://ronsapartment.blogspot.com/ > > DNRC: Lord of All Things That Are Fattening > > "To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in > audience unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some > sort of job." - Ann Coulter > > Microsoft Free since July 06, 2001 > Running Ubuntu 16.04 >
