Final Expansion :: 512KB SRAM + 512KB EEPROM + SD Card (2GB)

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:54 am

for(;;) wrote:At the moment, you could remove everything (should be at FE Utilities) and add what you would like to keep later.

At least in Emulation the F6 "FE3 Utilities" doesn't contain this option.

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:17 am

Reflash firmware wipes the flash at the moment. then reload.

Backup and selective restore coming later.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:26 am

Vic20-Ian wrote:Reflash firmware wipes the flash at the moment. then reload.

Backup and selective restore coming later.

Ah, ok I suspected it but I cannot simulate a reflash on Emulation due SD2IEC emulation lack right ?

I may simply replace the bin file but is not like the orginal hardware

btw I got a lot of FLASH ERROR in my emulation tests but I don't know if is an hardware/firmware or emulation problem so I need real hardware for my tests

Have you fixed my board ?

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:04 am

I am working away till Friday then home next week so will aim to do over this weekend.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:28 am

Vic20-Ian wrote:I am working away till Friday then home next week so will aim to do over this weekend.

OK thank you, don't worry, I wanted just to know

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:43 pm

Bumping this thread just to say that I found someone who will help me assembling the FE3- so I think I'm going to buy the kit, as soon as the shop opens (should be early Nov, right?).

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:19 am

I wish I could buy ready cartridge somewere, I just cant do that myself..

dragos · Post by **dragos** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:29 am

With how cheap you can get boards made fully assembled, there is really no reason NOT to offer them complete.

Imagine how few 64NIC+ we would have sold had we required you to assemble them.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:16 am

@dragos - I guess there's an issue about selling assembled electronics in the EC (Diddl can tell more).

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:02 am

As I understand, the design is or will be made public. It means anyone outside of Germany can get their own custom printed boards, grab sets of components and assemble expansions. Clearly it is not feasible for a private person to build and sell ready-made electronics from Germany anymore, due to laws and regulations.

Mikam73 · Post by **Mikam73** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:51 am

So maybe Eslapion start build those sometimes later and I can buy ready product from him

Diddl · Post by **Diddl** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:00 am

carlsson wrote:As I understand, the design is or will be made public. It means anyone outside of Germany can get their own custom printed boards, grab sets of components and assemble expansions. Clearly it is not feasible for a private person to build and sell ready-made electronics from Germany anymore, due to laws and regulations.

Yes, it is open design and open source code.

Only the PCB design is not open for now, cause Nils had tooling costs and he must sell a certain quantity to otherwise he had to pay this costs himself.

But after some time he will make PCB design public also.

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Yes. EU laws makes it difficult for a private person to sell assembled kits.

But it is very easy to assemble a kit if you can solder (no small parts, only DIL). Even I soldered my kit myself and I am no hardware freak but a software one.

saehn · Post by **saehn** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:51 am

carlsson wrote:Clearly it is not feasible for a private person to build and sell ready-made electronics from Germany anymore, due to laws and regulations.

Does this have to do with RoHS? Cripes, Germany... what a way to ruin a cottage industry!

Note: I know that other countries do things that are at least equally stupid all the time.

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:21 am

Honestly I don't know if other countries in the European Union follow the same regulations. Perhaps they don't do today but will in the future. Bah for all this recycling junk and environmental thinking. If we have survived several thousand years without paying much attention to recycling, why do we need to start now?

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:24 am

....because population count of people not recycling is not sustainable.

Not so bad in Sweden with low population density maybe.

on a more serious note ...are you saying we should not recycle Vic20's and just throw them away