Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 20:24:38 +1300 From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at usap.gov> <snip> If someone tried to hack DRAMs in place on a static board, I'll bet that's a mess. I have a 2001-16N board with factory perforations on the high 16K RAM pads that I'd like to eventually reburbish to a full 32K. If you really are interested in finding someone who is willing/able to make that one live once again, I am entirely willing to give it a go. I don't have a shell here, but I already have a 3032 board on the way here some kind and an XOR-based composite-out adapter with a closed-circuit TV monitor to get it all working. Doing the same for an old PET wouldn't be that much of a stretch (I was planning on using a C2N232 adapter for mass storage, eliminating the need to send down a real floppy drive). -ethan --------Reply: I was going to do the same thing, sort of a PET in an AppleII-type case, but it'll never happen so you're welcome to it. I've also got a keyboard for it (the later version) and video's a no-brainer. I also have a case (no monitor) but I think I'll keep that in case I _do_ decide to do this one day with another less needy mobo. Mind you, the plug-in chips are missing, so by the time you've hacked in a 32K RAM chip and EPROM there wouldn't be much left of the original PET... We'll talk off-list. m