VRAM board for Yamaha CX5MII | MSX Resource Center (Page 5/9)

By Grauw

Ascended (8513)

26-07-2015, 17:28

Ok .

By Alexey

Guardian (2446)

27-07-2015, 19:41

Btw, based on some pieces of advice from hardware gurus I improved the board's design a bit.

Please contact me if you need Eagle CAD sources and Gerber files.

By Grauw

Ascended (8513)

27-07-2015, 20:20

What has changed? The grounding?

By Alexey

Guardian (2446)

27-07-2015, 20:22

Grauw wrote:

What has changed? The grounding?

Yes, grounding and also capacitors are connected in a better way making them more effective.

By Alexey

Guardian (2446)

09-08-2015, 09:25

Grauw wrote:

Yeah I received a stack yesterday. I’ll send a couple your way next week.

I am finally home. So you can send me the board. Thanks in advance.

By switch

Rookie (27)

09-08-2015, 20:54

Hi! I would like to buy one. How much does it cost?

By Grauw

Ascended (8513)

13-08-2015, 20:45

switch: Mail me your address and I’ll send you one for shipping cost.

By Alexey

Guardian (2446)

19-08-2015, 17:15

The boards arrived from the Netherlands (thanks, Laurens). Need to assemble and test them in my Yamaha YIS503II MSX1...

By Grauw

Ascended (8513)

19-08-2015, 19:22

I haven’t assembled mine yet, so I’m curious to hear.

By Alexey

Guardian (2446)

22-08-2015, 19:08

I don't get it. I assembled the board, put *464 chips inside, connected CS1 (CS0 is routed to the board). The computer starts, but the TESTRAM still shows 16kb of VRAM. Is there any other way to verify that the memory is expanded? Or is there a problem with the design?

Btw, good thing is that the board fits perfectly even with the RAM chips installed in sockets.