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Icky wrote: 27 Feb 2020 18:30 Are we going to see a newly born H4 this week? :)

Will it be @exxos or will it be @rubber_jonnie :hide:

Doubt it be me.. not this week.

As I am too lazy to go and desolder any DB19's , which probably won't fit anyway..

The closest ones I can find which I have in stock ( https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/store2/#0034 )


I pushed the connector towards the back a little to line up the holes better.. Then forced in a bolt to align it while soldering ( I am good at shoving large shafts into tight places)


Bodge fix #1 done 8-)

Fixes in motion...


DTACK FIX

BG PULL UP FIX

SIMM FIX

RS232 bodge wire


RS232 trace cut.


Need to lift up the 3 DAC pins.. It does not actually looked like a fix was documented for this in the fixes section...

DAC FIX..

I lifted up the three pins for now that should be fine...

Next up salvaging some connectors and chips from a donor board...

Any top tips for getting that cart port into the H4 with all the bent pins? I found it a major pain in the butt.

PhilC wrote: 02 Mar 2020 20:50 Any top tips for getting that cart port into the H4 with all the bent pins? I found it a major pain in the butt.

I have the same problem with the DIP 68000's, hence moving to PLCC68 :lol:

Good point. I get fed up and solder female headers onto my tester DIP CPUs.

Ta'Daaa!




Passed 28 loops :)

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: - another H4 is born.