A quick update...
I just mailed out a couple tandymod boards and UGH ! the post office cost $3.65 for a 4x5 envelope... which had a built up TandyMod board inside...
After $20 for mailing, I was a bit pissed, when a simple letter is what ? .50 cents !
SO: this is what I am gonna do...
I am going to
not assemble the 'connectors' only on to the board, this is what makes it 'thick'
(NOTE:
the board in the picture is blank, I just used this as an example, I will place the parts on the board and test it)
I plan on just tapping them down to a piece of paper inside the letter and folding it over to protect the parts, they should lay flat
and ship just fine. Also the Right Angle Jumper conn to TANDY=ON will need to be installed, I will put a 2 pin 'straight' header in the evelope
but suggest you bend it at a right angle and solder it to the board as show in my earlier pics of the board.
OR : you can just solder two wires to this and mount and external ON/OFF switch on your machine
which I think is the best solution. Give you more flexibility.
BUT you will need to do a little soldering, so be aware of this as it is only a few pins, same as you will have
to do on the mother board when you remove the chip and install the headers to plug the new TandyMod board into them !
So this 'should' not really be a problem , I hope !
I had 100 pcbs made so should have plenty of boards, I will need to buy the chips and program them but I will get these in smaller batches.
These boards are actually only about $3 in parts and this with the USPS Letter stamp mailing .50cents or whatever it is now....
these boards are actually under $4
so I am not going to fool around with paypal etc....
I will send these to the JR folks that want to expand their Jr's to have the TandyMod capabilities and if you want to help out
you can always use the Return address on the letter and send a few $$ back. I know we are all on budgets with this hobby
and I hope this makes this portion of the upgrades to our Jr's do-able...
Now I do have limited time and don't want to stuffing letters in the mailbox every day
so if we can agree
to maybe wait until I get 5 or so to send out then I will build and test them and get them in the mail.
If I don't get alot of folks asking for these, I'll jump on it and get them out as I get them..
Use this email to contact me
pcjr@terradock.com or if you have questions..
I would ask that if you need two tandymod boards, please give a good reason, I do understand we have multiple systems
and have no problem sending two, but just to have a spare, well.......let's make sure others can get one also !
I don't expect I will be sending out until after the holidays, but we are all busy with Christmas so should not be an issue for anyone !
Again I am doing this to help out the Jr Folks and I hope it is received as a good gesture !
Let me know if you have questions...
Concerns with JRCONFIG:
Using The /S0 option will cause memory issues with the video working and continue to allow blinds…
so do not use this option.
Finally ( All design credits go to Alan H.), I just did a board re-lay out .
Chuck
