Date   : Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:30:02 +0100
From   : faz@... (neil f)
Subject: Anyone recognise this board?

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbc-micro-bounces+faz=nildram.co.uk@... 
> [mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+faz=nildram.co.uk@...
> ] On Behalf Of Greg Cook
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 5:22 PM
> To: BBC Micro Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Anyone recognise this board?
> 
...
> Found it!  Skimmed through a couple of Watford Electronics 
> 'catalogues'
> for it on a hunch...  and there it was in a completely 
> different advert.
> 
> In The Micro User, November 1984, p.218 is an HCR Electronics 
> external RAM/ROM card.  The 'header' board connects to a 
> ~30cm square metal case, with a power supply and one or two 
> boards with ROM sockets in both.  It claims to support 16 ROM 
> slots overall, or 28 with the optional second board.
> 
> The BASIC ROM socket was empty as sold, presumably someone 
> has unplugged their ROM and put it in this board.
> 
> Greg Cook
> debounce@...
> http://homepages.tesco.net/~rainstorm/

Wow! Well spotted Greg. That's the one all right. 

I can see from the photo that the box contains two boards which
would have accepted the two former IDC connectors on the end of
my cable. Shame I haven't got the rest of it - a 28-way external
ROM/RAM box would come in very handy.

Cheers,
-Neil F.