DEC RRD40 CDROM Drives

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_qwest.net>
Date: Mon Apr 23 19:18:18 2001

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Tony Duell wrote:

> >
> > > How is anybody going to use the boards if you have removed chips?
> >
> > Standard ICs. A 5380, an 80C31, and an EPROM.
>
> 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.

> 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
Received on Mon Apr 23 2001 - 19:18:18 BST