Posted By
MMS
on 2019-06-17
18:05:47
 |  Re: Possible 8501 replacement kit?
Guys, you all are fantastic!
Some years ago reading through the issues, and seeing my dead Plus/4s, I tough the time will come, when we could use only emulators, and the still working Plus/4 price will go up like a rocket.
Now the top issues mapped, and most of them solved. Situation improves: we should not cannibalize the defective Plus/4s for still working parts, but seems we may revive more and more of the dead ones.
We may have now new PLA, new 6502based 8501, internal 64K RAM expansion for C16, exchange the ROMs to new ones, have SID card, even JiffyDOS or even 256KB RAM (I ould not believe it will happen), and we have a properly working fastloaders and some really good SD card based devices. (and there is a running TED project)
I think the knowledge and interest that is lost at the closure of the "classic" 264 period, seems regained again.
These are really good news, and because I am also a fan of the 264 series, it makes me really happy. 
Thank you all for your hard work and I congratulate for achieved results!
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