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Um, like "The Six Million Dollar Man", "we can rebuild him"
But why? The ATI GUP was a happening card for the time, but it smacks
into 1,024x768. How many current monitors go that small on the screen
>natively< ?
So the GUP might serve as a basis for a current adapter implementation,
but should it be replicated?
Christian Holzapfel wrote:
>
lharr...@gmail.com schrieb am Mittwoch, 13. September 2023 um 13:32:33 UTC+2:
>> Hell yea! Do it!!!! lolol
>
> As I mentioned in the PS/2 Facebook group, it would be certainly
possible, with only a few (quite expensive) difficulties to overcome "somehow":
> - I would need one fully functional card to take its 7 GAL
logic chips off and send them in for breaking their security mechanisms
and read-out
> - Demystifying the 7 GALs by my trusty contact requires around $
2700 to be spent, and I don`t consider cancelling my pension plan for
this alone
> - A defect card would be *very* helpful to desolder almost all
components to get a clear view on the naked PCB for reverse engineering
>
> I still don`t know whether the PCB is 2- or 4-layered, and if
there are traces on the inner layers, which would make reverse engineering
very hard.
> Some detailed, high-res pictures would be required at an early stage.
>
> I looked into the bill of materials, and it seems all components
could still be acquired, including the GPU, VRAM and RAMDAC.
> Assembly would still be expensive from the pure manufacturing
cost, probably not under $ 500 for PCB and components.
>
> My initial suggestion was doing some kind of crowdfunding to
accomplish the GAL copies, and then giving donors the opportunity to buy a
card for the manufacturing cost. Would still be like $ 500 per donation
and $500 for the card, so if that doesn`t raise any thumbs up, I
fully understand. It`s still a crazy venture.
>
> In the end, it`s only time and money, and I already volunteered
for the time...
>
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