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Subject: Re: Mephisto Boards and 16/32-bit modules

Author: Chuck

Date: 06:00:45 11/30/05

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On November 30, 2005 at 06:40:47, Robert Weck wrote:

>On November 30, 2005 at 00:21:02, Chuck wrote:
>
>>I searched and didn't see where this topic has been covered before so I hope I
>>can  establish full details here now...
>>
>>My questions concern the Mephisto modular boards and what modules fit between
>>them. I had always thought the modules were compatible with all boards as long
>>as you had the full set of modules. But SteveB brought to my attention that this
>>is not the case. Can someone explain what the important differences are where
>>compatibility is concerned?
>>
>>I know Mephisto released 4 boards in this line:
>>
>>Modular
>>Exclusive
>>Munchen
>>Bavaria
>
>The only basic incompatibility issue, that i know of, is that you can't use any
>non-Richard-Lang-Modules in a Bavaria-board. The piece-recognition was only
>supported by Lang-modules.
>
>Maybe some older boards have a weak voltage-regulator built-in, which is not
>strong enough for 32Bit-modules. But when you use an adaptor board, then all
>32Bit-modules should work in any board (except Bavaria! see above)
>
>As far as i know, there are no special 32Bit-boards...
>
>
>Robert

OK, thanks, Robert. I've seen the adaptor modules with the 32-bit programs, that
was what I originally thought was the key part to making it work. And I guess
I'll never see a Bavaria board so that's not likely to ever be a factor...

Cheers,

Chuck



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