I've little experience in this area, but a friend of mine makes hardware for the ZX Spectrum, Timex computer to those in the states. I know he ended up out sourcing work to China as it was cheaper then populating 30+ boards by hand. I don't believe his IDE adapter was anymore complicated then the REX,not sure if he had to flash chips.
If the decision is to solder them ourselves, I'll put my hand up and offer to help out. My soldering isn't too ropey, probably not as good as some of the chaps on here :-) How much is an assembled REX? I already own one, but wouldn't mind having a spare. On 9 Oct 2017 6:31 a.m., "ray gordon" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I hav'nt been monitoring the list for a couple weeks, but I'm certainly > interested in several rexes > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Jim > Anderson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:01 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Who wants a REX? Gauging interest > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > You don't need any tpdd device, you just need any modern pc and a usb > > serial cable and some free software. > > Sorry, by 'TPDD device' I meant TPDD emulators as well, not just the > actual Tandy drives or NADSBox or whatnot. I guess I should have said > 'some kind of TPDD-compatible device'. > > > The only problem would be if the cpld programming is not the same for > > 100 vs 200. If not, then it would probably not be possible to take a 100 > > rex and re-flash it to a 200 rex using only a 200. > > It's the same CPLD code. AFAIK re-flashing a 100 REX with 200 firmware in > a 200 ought to work the same way as re-flashing a 4.8 REX to 4.9... > > > I have a 200, but I don't remember if Stephen has made the 200 version > > firmware available yet. > > Yes, it's available. (So is the NEC firmware.) > > > > > > > > jim >
