It's probably the sparkle that's blocking their view of the markings ;) --- On Mon, 11/3/13, Dave Park <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dave Park <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] Data collection on (S)GCs To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 11 March, 2013, 0:49 People are welcome to send photos too, but please remember to send them to [email protected] and not to the list. :) BUT... how could it be?! QLers are a youthful and spritely bunch with a sparkle in their eye that belies their years! Dave On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 5:38 PM, John Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: > I suspect that many folk who have such devices are maybe long enough in > the tooth not to really see those markings especially after xx years. > > A really nice simple way of getting accurate results is merely to > photograph the board with your compact camera assuming you have a decent > Macro. This is a great way of getting all sorts of board information > depending on circumstance.. > > Yeah I know it's obvious but I'm sure that it's sooo obvious that many an > owner will be cursing over that faded writing :) > > Good luck John A > > --- On Sun, 10/3/13, Francois Lanciault <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: Francois Lanciault <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] [QL-Users] Data collection on (S)GCs > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 10 March, 2013, 18:36 > > Difficult to read as some of the characters have worn off... > > Looks like: > > EP1810LC-20T > A9119 > > Yellow gold card with just the name Gold Card. Not working. > > Will look at my super goldcard eventually. > > F. > > On 2013-03-10, at 13:53, Dave Park wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I was wondering if you could take a minute out of your day to help us? > > We're trying to solve a problem by better understanding it. This requires > > that we collect information about what works, to see how big a pool of > > components is. > > > > If you have a Gold Card or Super Gold Card, we'd like some information > > about it. In particular, we'd like to know the date and model of the > Altera > > chip your card has. > > > > What we already know is that some time in the late 90s, Altera made a > > revision to the chip which made it unsuitable for using in SGCs. We're > > trying to work out the complete date range of that chip as used on SGCs > so > > we can see how broad the date range is that we can buy from. > > > > Also, we know the Gold Card used some slower versions of the IC, but many > > also used the faster version, which is suitable for re-use in a Super > Gold > > Card. > > > > If you could please just remove your GC/SGC from your system and look at > > the Altera chip, you will see markings (which may be under a sticker > saying > > "INGOT #") like this: > > > > ALTERA > > EP1810LC-25T > > C9301 > > > > Could you please write these markings down? > > > > Next, if it's a Gold Card, please turn it over and note if it says Gold > > Card, Gold Card Issue 2, or Gold Card 3? Also, could you follow this > link: CPU > > Toolkit <http://www.dilwyn.me.uk/tk/cputk.zip> and see if your card can > run > > at 24 MHz? > > > > If it's a Super Gold Card you do not need to do this. > > > > If you have the original SAFT 40LF220 red battery on your card, can you > > please check the date code, which will be in the format YY MM. > > > > Finally, there's an EPROM on your card. Could you please write down what > it > > says on the label? If you know that this has been changed since the card > > was made, please could you add a note of that? > > > > Next, could you email that information to [email protected] please? > > > > Now would be a good time to blow away the dust and check all socketed > chips > > are seated properly before re-assembling and testing your system :) > > > > We will collate the date ranges for each model, and get a much clearer > > picture of which versions/dates were used in which cards. > > > > We will publish the results. > > > > Thank you for doing this for us. We really appreciate it. > > _______________________________________________ > > QL-Users Mailing List > > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
