Re: UD3 ROM on a 3032

From: Francesco Messineo <*francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com*> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:23:29 +0100 Message-ID: <CAESs-_x2Xfq1MxV3yWYUBcq03ONcXLMDNMqq3oML+uzd2vgphA@mail.gmail.com> · francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com

Hi Ethan,

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:29 AM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had that exact problem on my original 3032 PET (the one I got in
> 1979).  I ended up replacing all the 40-pin sockets with high-quality
> turned-pin sockets.

I'm using turned-pin sockets for the ROMs and more regular sockets for
the rest (there's no chance to get a socket worse than the white ones
that Commodore used on the 3032 nowadays).
Changing all the 40 pins one will be a long job anyway :(

>
>> I need to get a disk drive or a ieee-sd kind of drive, I had forgotten
>> how slow were tapes :/
>
> I used my PET every day for years with tapes.  I used the PET Rabbit
> to help speed that up.

would be nice to find this software :)

>
> I have one of these:
>
> http://www.bitfixer.com/bf/petdisk

nice one. I've found some sd-ieee disk solutions with schematics and
firmware, so probably I'll made one myself if I really get frequent
use of the PET.

Frank

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