congrats, see it can be done. there is a learning curve and while there are lots of ways to get it assembled, each approach will have it's pitfalls. I've gotten comfortable with "my way" but it was definitely trial and error. Steve
On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > And it seems to work! I guess my moral here is "clean the board really > well before and after", and "don't use too much flux" > > So I take back everything I said about parts, suppliers, boards, etc. > Turns out, it's all issues with the assembler :) > > Happy Thanksgiving to all! > > -Josh > > On Nov 22, 2017 9:33 PM, "Josh Malone" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So, I finally got around to re-working my last failed REX. I removed >> the flash chip and cleaned that side of the board really well. There >> was a LOT of flux under that flash chip. I think my choice of flux is >> very wrong for this project -- I plan to get a liquid flux pen for >> future work. Anyway, with the flash chip removed, the CPLD programmed >> with no problems. I re-populated the flash chip again but haven't had >> time to try REX programming. This is the third time this flash chip >> has been soldered so I hope it lives to tell the tale! If it does >> work, I'll probably sell it on fleaBay since I only have a single >> Tandy and don't plan on getting another Model T anytime soon. >> >> Thanks for all the support! >> >> -Josh >> >
