Hi Greg.

05-May-04 08:29:00, Greg Mayman wrote to Roy Mcneill



 RM>> http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2681/ln/en

 GM> Thanks Roy. Someone else gave me that site or a similar one, and I
 GM> found that the part is no longer available. And according to the
 GM> site, a later version of the same chip may or may not be a dropin
 GM> replacement.

IIRC the later versions are pin compatible they just have more on-board
battery-backed memory.

 GM> But since the rest of the computer is very non-standard, and the
 GM> hard disk seems to have had a major failure, I don't see any point
 GM> to taking the matter any further.

:)

 GM> Even the FDD uses a non-standard mounting, so it is useless as a
 GM> spare for anything other than another identical computer.

sometimes the mountings unscrew and or the face-plate unclips to reveal a
standard floppy mechanism (minus faceplate).

 -=> Bye <=-

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