At 01:46 PM 11/9/04, you wrote:
>You can actually unplug the 9830 ROMs, plug in 9825 ROMs and it becomes a
^^^^
You mean 9831, I think. The 9830 is a very different machine (I have
both, I also have full schematics of both).
9825 again.
Have you done this? I'm not sure I'd want to risk it, but I have
I haven't. but I am _certain_ the machines are otherwise identical (well,
apart from the keycaps, there are half a dozen differnces in the key
labelling, but the keuboards are electircally identical).
Of course the later 9825s (-T and something else) have the 32K RAM/ROM
board and maybe another 32K RAM board, and don't have the system ROM
cartridge in the side. You can't turn those into a 9831.
a bunch of 9825 machines -- some with full travel
keyboards -- that
would be nicer to use than the "chicklet" keyboard.
I've never sene a 9831 with the full keyboard. You can swap the chicklet
and full keyboards (they are electrically the same), but as I mentioned
there are some labelling differences.
-tony