Permanent is a great ides On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote:
> The sidecar connector is quite robust, too. > > > ... > > > On 4/16/19, John Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Think 512K SRAM... "8) > > > > On 4/16/19, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That was my thought. To have a module that inserted into the existing > >> "sidecar" or bus slot and then got secured for a permanent 3rd bank that > >> sits inside. Not much more than one 32k SRAM chip and a latch IC to > >> decode > >> the I/O address pins. But I'm certainly a complete hardware novice when > >> it > >> comes to these things so take all that for what it's worth. I asked > >> because > >> many times there are those who have already done this kind of a thing > and > >> there may already be a solution. Sounds like Steve looked into it and > >> decided it wasn't a road worth going down. I trust his knowledge on > these > >> things far more than mine. > >> > >> I've got a SideCar with 96k but it isn't the most portable of units. > >> Having > >> the extra 32k inside would be nice. > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, at 1:50 PM, John Gardner wrote: > >>> I meant the "sidecar" expansion connector. > >>> > >>> ... > >>> > >>> > >>> On 4/16/19, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 1:27 PM John Gardner <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Yeah. Especially if you don't mind splitting the case > >>> >> > >>> >> to plug your board in... > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > The NECs have a screw down panel that covers the socketed RAM. > >>> > > >>> > -- John. > >>> > > >>> > >> > > >
