Reply 17840 of 27625, by Thermalwrong
Ozzuneoj wrote on 2021-01-13, 06:46:Thermalwrong wrote on 2021-01-13, 02:34:Flashed the GAL and made this unholy mess to fit it on the card, it works!
Amazing work getting that GAL attached to a completely different shaped socket! I would be terrified of that thing getting bumped and shorting out though. Are you planning to get a properly fitting chip? Or is it less scary in person? 😀
I might get a proper PAL16v8, they're only a couple of pounds on ebay. But as an evening project with just what's available at home, I'm pretty happy with it and could continue to use it. It's installed in the PC and should work indefinitely.
This is one of those projects where I think it'll "take just 20 minutes" and the reality is 3 hours and one pin broken off of that unfortunate GAL, with a wire just about hanging on to the stub. 😁
I have one of those PLCC > DIP adapters too - so I could have tested on card with that adapter, but I didn't like the idea of perma-using my only one since it's for the TL866 programmer.