Re: Another ZipGSX Mod Success!

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Oct 8, 10:38 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip my ramblings>

> I occurs to me that sliding a piece of thin sheet-metal between the socket and
> the board might not be a bad idea to protect against mishaps.  Thin brass
> stock that will do the trick can be bought at hobby shops and hardware stores.
>    With that in place underneath, one could hand-hold a fine hacksaw blade and
> have a reasonably safe shot at it.

This occurred to me as well, however, I could not find anything thin
enough. The gap between the IC socket and the board is very small. You
would need a *very* thin metal strip.

> The shield should be long enough to ensure that the blade cannot contact the
> circuit board.  Then, you work in short, slow strokes using just the last bit
> of the blade.  Your thought about not cutting all the way through makes sense.
>   Once you're down to the last tiny bit of plastic, you can snap it with a
> small pair of needlenose pliers or diagonal cutters.

Yep, I think I used a combination of needle nose pliers and my fingers
where appropriate.

> While we're on the subject of GSX upgrades, is there anyone with a sped-up
> ZipGSX that also logs to an Appletalk server?  Even with the Appletalk delay
> engaged, I'm finding that my desktop or application drops partially dead after
> being left idle for a while.  Mouse motion still works, but nothing responds
> to button down.  If I run GNO and leave it sitting at the prompt, I eventually
> get a boxed message that the server has disappeared and things go dead.

I don't use Appletalk yet, but I hope to one day get Appletalk talking
to a Linux box via a Appletalk to ethernet bridge. It another project
I have filed away.  ;-)

Do you only get the problems you mentioned when connected to an
Appletalk server?

<off_topic>
Speaking of GNO, I tried to get GNO working for the first time the
other weekend, and the latest version fails to work on my ROM3 IIgs
running on a CFFA. It gets to the login screen, I enter my username
and password, it displays the MOTD and then hangs indefinately.
Weirdly, if I switch back to an older kernel version, I can log in and
do stuff. I'll probably have more of a play around with it and if I'm
still stuck, I'll start a new thread in the nearly deceased c.s.a2.gno
group.
</off_topic>

cheers,
-p