Womble
Well-known member
Hi Folks
Am looking for a hard head bootleg PCB that I can either buy, borrow, or one that you can take some good photos of. Specifically the daughterboard as that is what I need to fix my original one.
The daughterboard on the bootleg replaces a solid encryption block on the original which contains a load of circuity and a battery that is flooded with epoxy to create an unrepairable brick. The block contains the main Z80, a load of logic, a fat QFP something, and the battery on a two board PCB sandwich. Throw in a dozen or so looping link wires that snake through the block and it is impossible to get it apart without destroying it beyond repair.
My plan is to build my own version of the bootleg daughterboard, I have the PAL images from Porchy's awesome PLD archive site, and I know what components I need on the board. If you have one of these....
... and can help me out, please let me know.
Cheers
David
Am looking for a hard head bootleg PCB that I can either buy, borrow, or one that you can take some good photos of. Specifically the daughterboard as that is what I need to fix my original one.
The daughterboard on the bootleg replaces a solid encryption block on the original which contains a load of circuity and a battery that is flooded with epoxy to create an unrepairable brick. The block contains the main Z80, a load of logic, a fat QFP something, and the battery on a two board PCB sandwich. Throw in a dozen or so looping link wires that snake through the block and it is impossible to get it apart without destroying it beyond repair.
My plan is to build my own version of the bootleg daughterboard, I have the PAL images from Porchy's awesome PLD archive site, and I know what components I need on the board. If you have one of these....
... and can help me out, please let me know.
Cheers
David
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