Laser 128EX: A ROM upgrade, glorious RGB output, 1meg of RAM and a teardown

In the final installment of the Laser 128EX series, we cover lots of things including testing a newer ROM, getting beautiful RGB output from the machine and giving the machine a RAM upgrade.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/aEkqXq-B3Gw
Part 2: https://youtu.be/5F-6021W3Gk
Part 3: This part!

0:00 Intro
0:52 Testing out the 128EX/2 Rom V6.2
7:30 Port Configuration menu and other keyboard shortcuts
8:35 How to get RGB video from the Laser 128
14:22 Apple II RGB on a CGA monitor
15:31 Using the RGB2HDMI with the Laser 128 to get the right colors
24:06 The STD/ALT switch on the back of the machine
25:10 The Function keys and other special keys on the Laser 128
26:58 Tear down of the Laser 128
31:08 Analysis of the internals of the Laser 128
36:48 Installing RAM into the RAM card
37:16 The floppy drive belt size
37:33 Testing out the 1meg RAM drive with Apple II Desktop
42:04 Conclusion and outro

Laser 128 Floppy Drive belt dimensions 2.3mmx288mm

-- Video Links

Apple II Desktop:
https://www.a2desktop.com/

Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Apple II version)
http://www.the8bitguy.com/product/petscii-robots-for-apple/

Laser 128 Technical Manual:
https://www.apple.asimov.net/documentation/hardware/machines/Laser%20128%20Series%20Technical%20Reference%20Manual.pdf

RGB2HDMI Fork with Laser 128 support: (will be mainline eventually)
https://github.com/IanSB/RGBtoHDMI/releases

Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Article on the history of the Laser 128:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_128

-- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1602/.f

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000308958.html

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MINI-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Structure/113382669853

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DSLogic-Basic-Analyzer-16Ch-100MHz-4Ch-400MHz-Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA/202543965672

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-magnetic-parts-tray-90566.html

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-24-28-32-40-pin-IC-Test-Universal-ZIF-Socket-Fs/303206721971

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-Micro-Scissor-125mm-PLATO-170-Electronics-Cutter-Side-Cutting-Pliers/163458746184

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537183709.html

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino