[Coco] Advice request on Cloud9's 512k Upgrade board for Coco3

[Todd Wallace]

Thanks Mark, though it may be easy to some, I am not very skilled with a soldering iron :-P.  But as long as there is no incompatibility, you are right, I wouldn't go back.  As far as the SIMMs, I would be getting them from Cloud9 so I am assuming the ones they package with it will fit fine in the CoCo3. Any pointers on installing the board?  The instructions say something about unmounting the keyboard.  Not sure what thats about.  Thanks.

- Todd

On Mar 20, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Mark McDougall wrote:

> Todd Wallace wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone installed this board before?  Are there any
>> compatibility issues with software? I ask because it seems once
>> installed, there's no going back.  
> 
> There are no compatibility issues with software. The capacitor removal is strictly for electrical compliance, nothing that is even remotely "visible" to software.
> 
> And it's hardly a case of "never going back". It would take less than a minute to replace the capacitor should you ever want to. In fact, you could simply snip/de-solder one leg only if you really wanted to. But there's no need to worry - you'll likely never go back.
> 
> BTW be aware that there are some SIMM modules that are physically too high to fit in the Coco3 case with the lid on. I originally had this problem, but luckily found a bunch of modules (from old Macintosh computers) that do fit correctly.
> 
> Regards,
> 
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