Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

I used a $25 xilinx programmer and all free software and a 10 year old netbook to flash the xilinx. And a Model 100, $3 Monoprice 479 cable, $10 generic usb-serial adpter, and that same netbook to load the REXMGR image. I can help get that going if the sketchy pointers on tandy.wiki aren't good

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:54 PM, Lee Olivares wrote: > Whatever it is, it sold for $850. > > o_0 It appears to be a multi-ROM switcher from Portable Computer Support Group, and the three-sided board surrounding the option ROM socket looks like PCSG’s RAM banks. Looks to be in

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

As far as REX's convenient memory bank backup mechanism, yes having what you mentioned gets you somewhat close due to the easy nature of transferring files to/from the NADSBox. But for REX's multi option-rom capability, the only thing that gets you there is a multi-ROM bank which never seems to

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

With a NEC PC 8300 upgrade to 3 Banks of Ram, plus a Ultimate ROM II and a NADSBox - it's not REX but pretty darn good, no? On Wed Jul 05 2017 20:36:36 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), Gary Weber wrote: I'd probably pay double that for a REX3 for the NEC to be

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Chris Fezzler wrote: > The unit that went for $850 was for its collectability rather than > functionality, no? > > > Yeah, kind of tongue in cheek. I don't think this validates a market price of $850 for REX. But it's probably more than what

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

The unit that went for $850 was for its collectability rather than functionality, no? On Wed Jul 05 2017 15:17:17 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time), John R. Hogerhuis wrote: On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:06 PM Josh Malone wrote: I'm willing to help

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

Yeah - can't test anything w/o programming equip. I have stuff to program EEPROMs and some MCUs but not Xylinx On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:09 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:06 PM Josh Malone wrote: > >> I'm willing to help

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

I'm willing to help *build* REX units, I just don't have the equipment to program or test them. I'm getting a decent repair/mod bench set up. Did some work on an Atari 800xl yesterday. -Josh On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:42 PM, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:54 AM Lee Olivares wrote: > Whatever it is, it sold for $850. > > o_0 > > - Lee > Meanwhile REX is the best storage device ever. If they could fetch $850 each I'm sure we could get them manufactured professionally for much less than that :-) -- John.

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

Whatever it is, it sold for $850. o_0 - Lee

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

Kinda looks like an ExtRAM, a poor man's REX. - Original Message - From: Josh Malone To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay Judging by the cheat sheet in photo 6, I'd say that has to be some sort of bank

Re: [M100] Battery backpack on eBay

Judging by the cheat sheet in photo 6, I'd say that has to be some sort of bank-switched RAM/ROM board. Probably RAM from the presence of what looks like a backup battery stuffed in there. On Jun 25, 2017 1:48 PM, "Lee Olivares" wrote: > Interesting ROM board and a battery

[M100] Battery backpack on eBay

Interesting ROM board and a battery backpack/kickstand on this M100 listing today: https://www.ebay.com/itm/172747974546 Everything looks normal until pic 4, what are we looking at here? - Lee Olivares - (909) 437-0250 - The Future or Bust.