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Some roms in the roms zip from the REX docs have been patched to work better with REX, so generally you want to use those copies specifically rather than other copies of the same roms.
Some roms in the roms zip from the REX docs have been patched to work better with REX, so generally you want to use those copies specifically rather than other copies of the same roms.
==REX BKW c8==
This is a version of REX1 with the following changes:
* Castellated by the manufacturer.
* Provide a practical and safe way to supply 5vdc to the board during CPLD programming.
* Provide a practical and safe way to hold PORT_EN high during CPLD programming.
* Board outline shaped to fit into a special 3d-printed carrier that fits the option rom socket.
* Remove un-used footprints & components.
* Arrange remaining components into a symmetrical arrangement, silk screen info.
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* PCB: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/DKF7eN1c
* BOM: https://www.digikey.com/short/pbc8cw
* Sled: http://shpws.me/RngB
<gallery>
rex-bkw-c8-1.png
rex-bkw-c8-2.png
rex-bkw-c8-3.png
rex-bkw-c8-4.png
rex-bkw-c8-5.jpg
rex-bkw-c8-10.jpg
rex-bkw-c8-9.jpg
rex-bkw-c8-6.jpg
rex-bkw-c8-7.jpg
</gallery>
[https://photos.app.goo.gl/aNfjvB1XucSehPGB9 Version c6 test]
[https://photos.app.goo.gl/EzncfFFAvmRmq5Mt6 Version c8 test]

Revision as of 15:01, 2 August 2019

REX is an on-board virtual option rom library and ram backup device invented and designed by Steven Adolph.

REX Documentation

Build your own REX

A few more ROMs

These are mostly the same as the roms zip file from the REX docs.
  • Disk+2.0 is from a commercial rom I found in one of my machines. It hasn't been uploaded anywhere else yet that I know of.
  • MFORTH is a newer version than in the zip file.
  • AZ23 and AZ24 are AlphaZ 2.3 and 2.4
  • HOOT2C is from an EME Systems "OWL" (Online Weather Logger) machine.

Some roms in the roms zip from the REX docs have been patched to work better with REX, so generally you want to use those copies specifically rather than other copies of the same roms.