Re: [NTLK] rom-swapping between 2x00/eMate and 130

From: David Thiel (lx-newton_at_redundancy.org)
Date: Thu Feb 27 2003 - 21:08:29 PST


On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:45:47PM -0500, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> I doubt you would be able to do that kind of swap since the ROM had the
> system and the system is closely related to the hardware. Screen, internal
> memory, PC card slots, etc. The first problem you would have, although I
> haven't checked myself, would be to fit the eMate ROM onto the 130
> motherboard. I'm fairly sure that the pinout is not the same, so it wouldn't
> fit. If not, I'm sure that Frank or someone else would have tried it.

Hrm, thanks for the info. So, if that wouldn't work, what's the
best way to go about it these days? Just hang around eBay and look
for broken 2100s, or do the chips themselves sometimes show up? I
couldn't find any ROMs on their own in the completed searches.

Thanks,
David

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