Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

Bill Garber wrote:

> Not to mention that if this were done, it would cheapen the
> original
> IIgs upgrades and render them worthless, or possibly send them to
> heights of value untouchable by the average person. I don't
> believe
> my RAM cards have done this to the original IIgs ram cards, as I
> did
> not date mine. I also didn't name them the same as any other ram
> card
> available for the IIgs. I'm also considering stopping after this
> initial
> 50 boards, which in turn will leave them as valuable one day as
> all of
> the other IIgs ram cards.  :o()   BTW to create the DIE necessary
> to
> stamp out, cut and bend these plates would cost upwards of many
> $100's
> and possibly into the $1000's. I haven't worked with metal plate
> stamps
> in many years so I haven't a clue anymore, but I can say it
> wouldn't
> be worth it to anyone. Hand-make them and maybe it could be done.
>
> Send me one Brad and I'll make a schematic drawing of the plate
> and try
> to duplicate one, then tell you how much it would be to make
> them, OK??

I wasn't really thinking of a die since there wouldn't be enough
sales to cover the costs. One way to make it feasible would be to
make a template that anyone could print out. Print it out, cut out
the black areas then place it on sheet metal the right size and spray
paint it to mark the areas to be removed.
After using drills and dremels to remove the unwanted steel take
the sheet metal and a IIe pan to a local sheet metal shop and have
the appropriate bends done.
I don't think that you'd likely confuse it with an original . It's
pretty hard to do this well enough to make it look like a stamping.

Wayne