On Saturday 29 May 2010 09:39:29 am Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
On 29/05/2010 05:41, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2010, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
identical inside. I also believe that the 1540
can be upgraded by
replacing the firmware with that from the 1541.
...and thereby utterly destroying the collectability of the 1540 drive. :)
Which is why when I repaired the one I have and found it had a duff rom,
I replaced it with an eprom copy of the original ROM, as I guess my
chances of sourcing the actual ROM are pretty close to 0.
I have a fair amount of c= parts, some salvage, some NOS from when I worked on that
stuff extensively. Feel free to contact me offlist if you want any of it...
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