Date   : Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:21:36 +0100
From   : "neil f" <faz@...>
Subject: Re: GoMMC versus hard drive. Which way to go?

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> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:11:46 +0100, "neil f" wrote:
> 
> >[...]
> >
> >On my machine, which is a Master m/b in a Beeb case, the ZIF
> socket in
> >the ashtray is connected to the relevant rom socket via a
> Watford ZIF
> >extension cable. All the rom socket signal lines are brought
> out, with
> >just a couple of inline resistor packs for cable termination.
Surely 
> >that should work OK with GoMMC?
> 
> Oh that thing. It's not the official one.
> 
> Electronically it's possible. But I don't know of anyone who tried
it. 
> I think I remember someone saying that it's unreliable with ordinary

> ROMs (no doubt because of the whopping cable length).

It might not fit in the ashtray anyway, depending on the orientation
of the board. Am I right in thinking that, looking down on GoMMC when
in position, pin one of the underlying ROM is the one that's roughly
in the centre of the PCB (in which case it /would/ fit in the ashtray
without fouling the keyboard).

-Neil F.