Hi Bob Many thanks for the offer ... but i think i will wait until the programmer arrives ... i have some other jobs ( not fruity related ) that i need to get on with ... so the break now comes at an ideal time ... i will complete the outstanding jobs i have left to do on the Test rig ( including adding the 100n caps as mentioned by Andrew ) and update this thread ... i have quite a few old Rom carts laying around so i may plug one in and see if anything boots ... but that will be later next week after i have completed my other work .. again thanks for the offer
and a big thank you to everyone who has responded to this thread your encouragement has been fantastic.
all the best ... Dicky