Hi, I was actually going to try this myself but I would contribute 50 USD.....
Jonathan [email protected] ________________________________________ Från: M100 [[email protected]] för Josh Malone [[email protected]] Skickat: den 19 september 2017 22:48 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [M100] Questions regarding REX 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]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:42 AM James Zeun <[email protected]<mailto:[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
