hey, josh, let me know if you want startup capital, I'm happy to help there. I know of at least 2 other people on list who would probably add to the startup fund.
ray ________________________________ From: M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Josh Malone <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2017 7:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] REX Castellated board I've posted the board to eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/142599524344 [http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/142599524344-0-1/s-l1000.jpg]<https://www.ebay.com/itm/142599524344> REX - flexible option ROM for Tandy 100/102 portable computer, 1MB flash | eBay<https://www.ebay.com/itm/142599524344> www.ebay.com You can have multiple ROM images available in your Tandy and switch images without powering off, resetting, or opening up your computer. REX is a flexible option ROM module for Tandy model 100 or 102 portable computer. | eBay! It will be packed well and shipped USPS priority mail. Only US shipping at this time. I'm investigating options for contract assembled REX boards right now. I might hand-build a small run later to fund such a run, or I might consider some kind of crowd-funding or pre-order. Not sure. -Josh On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
