the last load I made for REX classic is here:
https://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REX_Release_4.9

It isn't perfect but it is the least buggy version of REX classic firmware.
4.8 is certainly not a great load to be using.  I suggest a complete
rebuild.

Steve

On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 4:15 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote:

> REXCPM has no firmware per se. The CPLD is programmed but rexcpm is based
>> on RAM so you have to load the REX software to initialize it.
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>> Details are at the REX wiki.
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>>  https://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REXCPM
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>> On Friday, January 6, 2023, Hiraghm <[email protected]> wrote:
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> So I have 2 model 100s, one I got as a backup that has a small scratch on
>> the screen.
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>> The backup I tried recapping last weekend... and thought I'd killed it.
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>> I just got it working again (pulled the mb and scrubbed the back with
>> isopropyl alcohol using a toothbrush).
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>> So I had had a classic REX in my main M100, and I pulled it to install in
>> my backup.
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>> iirc, I had v 4.8 (.48?) , and I believe 4.9 is the latest. Can anyone
>> share how to flash the new version to the rom?
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>> If I successfully recap the main M100, I intend installing the REXCP/M in
>> it. Would I flash the lastest firmware the same way? If now, how should I
>> go about doing that?
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>> Also, is it possible to replace the main rom with a rom image on the REX,
>> fixing the Y2K? I'd like to have Ultimate ROM 2, and someday I'd like to
>> create a custom ROM to replace the BASIC interpreter with Small-C or maybe
>> a primitive Python-alike; or maybe just an assembler, if nothing else. That
>> way I could write compilable (or assemble-able) programs for it, on it.
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>> Also also, what's the other rom socket for? I've forgotten :(
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>> (I've been fafiated from playing with my Model 100s for awhile now; hope
>> to start using them as terminals and for writing, soon)
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