I am sending Josh a programmer, pcb's and some parts to get him started. Greg
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm willing to take a stab at building a REX. I think the only tool I'll > need to acquire for assembly is the proper Hakko tip for drag-soldering. > However, I don't have the Xilinx programmer, so I'll have to get my hands > on one of those. They're <$30 shipped from China but that puts it in my > hands in around a month, so nothing will be quick. (Darn - would have made > a great RetroChallenge entry :) > > My disposable income these days is significantly less than my available > time, so I'll just throw this offer out there: > > If 1 or 2 persons want to help cover the initial costs of the parts and > tools, I'll build them a REX. > > A quick estimate says a run of 3 boards will cost me <=$140. I'm, of > course, willing to throw in some of my own money, so I'd be looking for $50 > per board from 2 contributors. > > I've done lots of soldering and even some SMT assembly (though not this > fine) before, so I'm pretty confident I can pull it off. I'm not sure how > long it would take to get everything together and then actually build it. I > think the risk of failure is pretty low, but you're not willing to see your > $50 disappear in the event that I completely screw this up, don't > volunteer. :) > > If you're still interested after reading this, please contact me off-list. > In the (possibly likely) event that I get >2 interests, I'll just choose > randomly from the pool; I'm not willing to commit to >3 units until I've > done this a time or two. I'll post on this thread when "orders" are closed. > > Thanks, > > -Josh > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 2:46 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:42 AM James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'll ask around here, I actually might know someone with experience in >>> this area lol >>> >>> My next questions might sound silly, but I'll ask anyway. >>> What components needs putting on the rex? >>> What excludes it from being a home built project? >>> >>> I'm asking so I can understand it properly in the event I need to >>> explain it :-) >>> >>> >> >> Brian documented it here: >> >> http://tandy.wiki/Building_a_REX >> >> >> >
