[Coco] GIME

[Bill Gunshannon]

> Honestly I hardly think they do actually have them.
>
> Do you see a BUY NOW button or Send RQF ? Because if it's not Buy Now this
> means they don't have it but they will got for it. I got negative answers
> for other parts they claimed having it in their websites.

Most of the places I was checking out are chip manufacturers and even
list potential yields.  Of course, you could be right, too but I have
had considerable luck buying obscure chips that are no longer available
in the US at all.  That's why I wondered if this is a generic chip and
anyone with the right number would work or if they contain something
that makes them unique (isn't that the case with PALs?)

bill

>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Bill Gunshannon
> <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's a new question which shoild reveal even more of my ignorance.
>>
>> I have heard that the most common chip to fail in the COCO3 was the
>> GIME.  Correct?
>>
>> I have also heard that they are pretty much impossible to replace.
>>
>> Except that in doing some searches I have found at least a dozen
>> places (mostly in China) who claim to be able to provide this chip.
>>
>> Is there something unique about the one used by the COCO3 or is it
>> a plain, vanilla 2645A0001/TCC1014?
>>
>> The reason I ask is that I have one or two broken COCO3's in a box
>> here somewhere from many moons ago and if the likely failure is the
>> GIME and I can buy replacements, why should I not fix them?
>>
>> Oh yeah, and on another separate topic, is there anywhere that one
>> can buy the little boards that go in a ROM PAK?  I tried removing
>> the Tandy game chip from one and it seems pretty much impossible to
>> do without damaging the little board itself.  Is there anyone still
>> making/selling cartridge prototyping boards?  I am dying to get back
>> into hardware hacking and I think the COCO is the animal to do it on.
>>
>>
>> bill
>>
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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>