James Bright wrote:
Are the clip adapters for the 9000 series pods still around? If I remember correctly, Gottlieb soldered in the CPUs in the sys80 CPU boards. I'm going to start working on some in the next few weeks. Just wondering how hard they are to find and if people have used them with any success. I suppose I could desolder the CPU, but if it's working, I'd rather not.
Gottlieb did solder the 6502 to the board on most (all?) Sys80/80A/80B boards. However, they did supply a jumper (directly below the CPU) that, if disconnected, disconnects ground to the CPU. I then made an "adaptor" board that allows me to plug the target cable of a 6502 pod into a socket, which is connected to a 40pin dip clip on a cable. Works great. All I have to do is disconnect that jumper, clip on the dip clip and I have open access to the board via the pod.