David H. Barr schrieb:
Probably a lot like the TiVo PROM back-to-back socket. Basically two plcc32 sockets soldered back to back with a few pin tweaks. Yet another variation on dead-roaching or piggy-backing a chip.
"tivo prom piggy" should get you there as a search query. I've occasionally wondered how hard it would be to have something like this manufactured, thereby bypassing the whole TopHat / BIOSSavior vendor specific issue.
I 'll keep you guys informed. I even forked out those €8 (incl. shipping) to that greedy vendor at ebay. ;-)
the tivo socket has no circuitry at all. --Q