Re: [M100] FlexROM with REX#

2023-11-12 Thread Brian K. White
REX# does not provide any software main rom feature, only REX Classic does. You can use a FlexROM as just an ordinary re-writable rom to replace the stock one, but you would need to open up the machine to re-write the eeprom (or flash, there is also a flash version). You just install a jumper

Re: [M100] FlexROM with REX#

2023-11-12 Thread runrin
FlexROM is just an adapter. It has two headers that you can connect to jumper wires and route them to the option rom compartment. To write a new rom to the system, you don't have to open the whole system, you just pop open the option rom compartment, hook the jumpers to the REX and then somehow wri

Re: [M100] FlexROM with REX#

2023-11-12 Thread Stephen Adolph
Sorry, no REX# does not include the function to replace the main ROM. How I would tackle a custom ROM in the M100 * develop in inside Virtual T * get a socket adapter PCB for a 27C256 EPROM, or better still use an EEPROM * once you have a prototype in VT, burn it and install in the M100 Maybe Flex

[M100] FlexROM with REX#

2023-11-12 Thread runrin
Hi all, I've got a REX# in my m100 and was wondering if it was compatible with the FlexROM, which I see uses some jumper cables to interface with the original REX. The REX# doesn't seem to have the pins to connect those jumpers. My priority is changing the keymap for the m100 since I don't use QW