bungy
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I just finished mine and I was wondering how everyone else was making out. I have to say, this was a very fun project to work on, very relaxing. I worked on it a few hours a night totaling about 15 hours. I forgot to order a few things from Mouser, but Radio Shack had them (imagine that!) and I was able to finish up today.
The only error I made was when I installed one RAM chip backwards in the socket. I replaced it, but it still wouldn't come up. I got that empty, helpless feeling that I get whenever a game goes down, but then I replaced all the RAMs in the bank and it came up fine. I was very surprised at how smooth it went after my initial flub.
This is the largest project like this that I've done to date, but it was really quite easy. I guess the scale was a little intimidating at first, but I just worked on it in pieces and it came together nicely.
Many thanks to Tronic for making this possible; the board is super high quality and was a joy to work on. Also thanks to Riptor for putting together a nice IC package for this project.
So who else is working on theirs? We can also use this thread to help troubleshoot any issues and answer questions. Post your progress!
The only error I made was when I installed one RAM chip backwards in the socket. I replaced it, but it still wouldn't come up. I got that empty, helpless feeling that I get whenever a game goes down, but then I replaced all the RAMs in the bank and it came up fine. I was very surprised at how smooth it went after my initial flub.
This is the largest project like this that I've done to date, but it was really quite easy. I guess the scale was a little intimidating at first, but I just worked on it in pieces and it came together nicely.
Many thanks to Tronic for making this possible; the board is super high quality and was a joy to work on. Also thanks to Riptor for putting together a nice IC package for this project.
So who else is working on theirs? We can also use this thread to help troubleshoot any issues and answer questions. Post your progress!
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