I've been informed that you don't actually need TS-DOS loaded to flash
a REX -- just something to load the flash utility. Teeny will do.

On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 6:38 PM Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yes, I have flashed a Rex Classic to work on a 200. It’s a PITA, mostly to 
> get the DOS boot loader on so I can get the TS-DOS ROM loaded. The problem 
> being that with only 24K of RAM per bank, it’s hard to find a BASIC loader 
> small enough to do the job.
>
> If you need me to, I can dig through my archive and find the program I used.
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 1:18 PM Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> REX classic and REX# come in 2 "flavors": 100/102 and 200
>>
>> The hardware is physically identical, as is the CPLD program. However,
>> the FLASH load is different, owing to the different memory
>> configurations/maps on the 2 systems. You can "reprogram" a 100/102
>> into a 200 and vice-versa by following the initial programming steps
>> and doing a "wipe and reload". At least, you can on the REX classic.
>> I've never done it on REX# so check the wiki pages.
>>
>> -Josh
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 2:55 PM Bill Miranda <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Is REX module interchangeable between model 100 and model 102?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Bill
>
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