Recent content by noodlepringle

Excellent! That looks positive - I'll double check and make sure Bruce can confirm it's the same chip

Well that's super interesting! If this turns out to be true, I'll buy a fistful of them to make sure I'm covered in future if they're known for being flaky. I was hoping they'd be a general processor rather than a firmware filled microcontroller particular to each board. I'll wait to hear back...

I've emailed him and I'll let you know as soon as I hear back

I've emailed the guy looking at my board for me (I'm just SW of Ballarat, and Bruce is in Sydney) and I'll let you know as soon as I hear back from him about the part number of the chip. I was hoping that these are interchangeable between boards, it would suck if they're like a microcontroller...

Thanks so much for the explanation - I think this is sometimes why I enjoy vintage computers - the standardisation wasn't really there so you get all sorts of interesting exotic stuff like this that definitely piques my interest. So if I can source a spare, I should probably see if I can source...

Oh man, you guys are awesome! I just checked in and am blown away by the responses! Thanks so much - what an active and welcoming community! I'll reply directly to everyone now

I have an LC575 board that I sent to the great Bruce Rayne here in Australia to repair for me that suddenly died in the Colour Classic I had it in. After a fair amount of troubleshooting he's let me know that it's the cuda/egret chip that's at fault and that he doesn't have a spare board to...