What could be the possible use for a DIP package REX? On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 16:35 Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, I didn't say anything about desoldering the option rom socket. In > fact I said the opposite. I said imagine a rex in a real carrier just like > an original commercial rom instead of needing the castellated edge pins and > spacers and extraction ribbon. > > I did talk about desoldering the main rom, and in the context of saying > you don't want to do it. > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 1:09 PM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> May not be obvious to everyone, but I designed the T200 Ram module for my >> own purposes, with my own on-hand components, and subsequently released >> it. Citing it as an example of poor design choices isn't fair as a >> result. By all means, please put in the work to design build and test and >> share an improved design. >> >> REX is plug and play. I think most people would prefer to plug into the >> existing MOLEX...without a need to solder in a socket. >> >> >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Brian White <bw.al...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* m...@bitchin100.com >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2018 4:59 AM >>> *Subject:* [M100] diy pins >>> >>> Holy cow cool... >>> >>> One of the significant challenges developing new devices to put into the >>> old devices is simply the physical pins. >>> >>> Standard common pins, whether square or round, are usually too big to >>> work (without damage) in most chip sockets, and in several instances there >>> is not enough vertical space available to remove a normal dip andnput in a >>> pcb with pin headers with shoulders. >>> >>> We resort to measures like: >>> http://tandy.wiki/Model_200_RAM >>> >>> >>>
