Re: TED Developer Alpha number P15

From: Santo Nucifora <santo.nucifora_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:30:21 -0500
Message-ID: <CAO6+Cm7oK21yDqA7wniPikXBZKgPz+1=wzMcZzZ0i2jkRMm3mg_at_mail.gmail.com>
The empty ROM sockets are there because this board will either take 2764
EPROMs or 27128 EPROMs.  There are jumpers to select 2764 or 27128.  Andres
board had a mix of 2764s and one 27128.  I am not sure what the small chip
socket is for.

Santo

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 9:26 AM geneb <geneb_at_deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Jan 2020, Santo Nucifora wrote:
>
> > I was fortunate enough to acquire a TED Developer Alpha number P15 from
> > Michael Tomczyk, VIC Product Manager.  We weren't sure if it would work
> but
> > I got luck and it works great.  I haven't tested out all ports and
> > functions but at least I know my EPROMs are good.  I will be sharing
> these
> > with Anders Carlsson so hopefully he can get his working too.
> >
> > While it was originally thought to be a prototype, Michael used it for
> > development purposes at Commodore and Bil Herd clarified that it is a
> > Developer Alpha given to developers to get a jump start on development.
> > The motherboard layout fits inside of a Commodore 64 case and has the
> same
> > ports; probably so that developers could quickly get started and not have
> > to wait for the more proprietary joysticks.
> >
> > I read many of Anders' old posts here and all of the feedback he got and
> I
> > thought some of you might like to see it.  If anyone would like to see
> > pictures, please visit:
> > http://vintagecomputer.ca/commodore-ted-developer-alpha-p15/
>
> That would be a neat board to clone.  What are the empty sockets for?
>
> g.
>
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