23 Apr
2001
23 Apr
'01
8:18 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
Except that, presumably, the EPROM contains firmware that makes the
adapter work. So you can't just go and buy an EPROM and stick it in --
you have to know what to program into it.
I've got the board and can dump the EPROM if required.
How is anybody going to use the boards if you
have removed chips?
Standard ICs. A 5380, an 80C31, and an EPROM. I must say that I find the practice of removing
common, easy-to-get parts
from a classic computer to be very annoying. In many cases (when it's
been done to me), I would have been happy to pay enough extra for the
machine to buy said parts at the new, retail, price. Just to keep the
original parts in the machine.
Amen to that!
-tony
clint