From: Jack Rubin (jack.rubin_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 2008-01-25 03:07:03
Mike,
Am I going completely nuts or are your photos reversed?
Jack
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> [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@ling.gu.se] On Behalf Of Mike Naberezny
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: Kits received -> HW question
>
>
> Jim Brain wrote:
> > The parts kit has 2 20x1 header pins and 2 40 pin sockets.
> The idea
> > was:
> >
> > Solder the 40 pin socket on the board.
> > Solder the 20 pin headers to the bottom side of the board
> to the pins.
> > Plug the second socket into the bottom of the pins (or solder it
> > there. Plug the lower socket into the 1541
>
> I received my board on Friday and assembled it today. Thanks
> to all who have
> helped realize this project, particularly Ruud, Jim, and Al.
>
> The holes for the 40-pin socket appeared to be a bit smaller
> than the others.
> I could not get the 40-pin socket included with the kit to
> fit in these
> holes easily. I enlarged the holes slightly and then a socket with
> machine-tooled pins just fit.
>
> Soldering the headers directly below the socket worked for me
> as you described
> but I think some people with less experience soldering will find it
> challenging. If there is a future revision of this board,
> putting parallel
> rows of pins just for the headers would make it a little easier.
>
> I haven't yet hooked up /SEL to the 1541. I put a 10K
> pull-up resistor under
> the board to keep it from crashing the bus until I do. It
> would be nice if
> some holes could be added for this resistor but that's not a
> big deal. My
> 1541 works normally with the board inserted but this is the
> extent that I have
> tested it so far.
>
> I need to hook up an IDE drive to do further testing. I also
> need to build an
> adapter so I can replace the 24-pin ROM with a 28-pin EPROM.
> I might also use
> a 1541-II for testing to avoid making the adapter but its
> 6502 isn't socketed
> so it is a similar amount of work.
>
> Here are some photos of my assembled board:
> http://mikenaberezny.com/projects/x-ide
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> -
> Mike Naberezny (mike@naberezny.com) http://6502.org
>
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