(everything second-hand except when stated otherwise)
Upgrades
Upgrades
come in several
forms:
Competitive/Additional upgrades:
Double speed crystal kits : Crystal plus 8MB PCMCIA boot card with drivers
A double speed upgrade crystal kit contains of a new specially made 32.000 Mhz high-quality crystal, plus a used 8MB PCMCIA ATA memory card containing the double-speed drivers and example config.sys and autoexec.bat files. It has most of the 8MB left for storage.
The original 15.8 MHz crystal has to be unsoldered, and a new 32 Mhz crystal is then soldered in.
Your 200LX will then be slightly over twice as fast as original.
Technically: cylindrical 3x9mm 32Mhz fundamental mode crystal
8MB card with Double Speed drivers
The kit has a special base price of USD 42.00, which includes worldwide shipping in a bubble envelope.
Additional crystals can be added a USD 20.00 each.
Below is a picture of a motherboard upgraded to double speed showing the position of
the replaced crystal:
Note: The mentioned 'Double Speed Driver' is necessary to adapt the screen, system clock and serial port to the double speed. In some cases the screen may be visible even without the drivers, but data communication may not work.
You will need a fine-pointed soldering iron and fair soldering skills. When in doubt, consider an upgraded motherboard, as we are not responsible for no longer working boards due to your upgrade efforts.
Motherboards
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Competitive/Additional upgrades:
- 4MB memory diy upgrades on your own motherboard - ask Daniel Hertrich at his website.
- 32MB upgrades - only at Thaddeus or Rundel and very much subject to availability. Contact them directly.
Double speed crystal kits : Crystal plus 8MB PCMCIA boot card with drivers
A double speed upgrade crystal kit contains of a new specially made 32.000 Mhz high-quality crystal, plus a used 8MB PCMCIA ATA memory card containing the double-speed drivers and example config.sys and autoexec.bat files. It has most of the 8MB left for storage.
The original 15.8 MHz crystal has to be unsoldered, and a new 32 Mhz crystal is then soldered in.
Your 200LX will then be slightly over twice as fast as original.
Technically: cylindrical 3x9mm 32Mhz fundamental mode crystal
8MB card with Double Speed drivers
The kit has a special base price of USD 42.00, which includes worldwide shipping in a bubble envelope.
Additional crystals can be added a USD 20.00 each.
Below is a picture of a motherboard upgraded to double speed showing the position of
the replaced crystal:
Note: The mentioned 'Double Speed Driver' is necessary to adapt the screen, system clock and serial port to the double speed. In some cases the screen may be visible even without the drivers, but data communication may not work.
You will need a fine-pointed soldering iron and fair soldering skills. When in doubt, consider an upgraded motherboard, as we are not responsible for no longer working boards due to your upgrade efforts.
Motherboards
A
motherboard allows you to upgrade your
LX to more memory and/or double speed, or replace a defective one.
You keep your old motherboard as well. The only tool you need is a Torx-6 screwdriver.
Examples:
200LX motherboard with 1MB onboard memory
200LX motherboard with memory upgrade board
The following motherboards are for sale, only the amount of memory is different.
All larger size boards are also available as single speed versions for longer battery life.
1MB USD 42 EU 28
2MB USD 60 EU 40
2MB double speed USD 72 EU 48
4MB double speed USD 90 EU 60
5MB double speed USD 102 EU 68
6MB double speed USD 115 EU 75
8MB double speed USD 150 EU 100
PCMCIA card 8MB with drivers
for doublespeed USD 12 EU 8
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You keep your old motherboard as well. The only tool you need is a Torx-6 screwdriver.
Examples:
200LX motherboard with 1MB onboard memory
200LX motherboard with memory upgrade board
Upgrading with another
motherboard entails:
- removing four rubber feet and four torx 6 screws
- carefully opening the case, detaching the battery clips from the motherboard
- detaching the screen flatcable from the motherboard
- taking out the motherboard, putting the new one in
- reattaching the screen flatcable
- reattaching the case bottom
- putting back the screws and rubber feet
The following motherboards are for sale, only the amount of memory is different.
All larger size boards are also available as single speed versions for longer battery life.
1MB USD 42 EU 28
2MB USD 60 EU 40
2MB double speed USD 72 EU 48
4MB double speed USD 90 EU 60
5MB double speed USD 102 EU 68
6MB double speed USD 115 EU 75
8MB double speed USD 150 EU 100
PCMCIA card 8MB with drivers
for doublespeed USD 12 EU 8
Ordering
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