How similar are the 131A and the 132A ? Is it possible to upgrade a 131 into 132 ? ----------- Interesting question! I suspect not, not in any straightforward fashion anyway, but I'm sure others would know better than me. >From a quick look at the component level service manuals the hardware does seem to be very similar, although just how similar would need a bit more detailed investigation, but then there's no guarantee the FPGA programming would be the same. I suppose an interesting experiment might be to drop a set of 53132A firmware ROMs into a 53131A, not something I've tried, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they weren't recognised. Regards Nigel GM8PZR

Hi Simple answer - no, you cannot convert one to the other. Bob > On Dec 28, 2016, at 5:54 AM, GandalfG8--- via time-nuts <time-nuts@febo.com> wrote: > > How similar are the 131A and the 132A ? Is it possible to upgrade a 131 > into 132 ? > > ----------- > > Interesting question! > > I suspect not, not in any straightforward fashion anyway, but I'm sure > others would know better than me. > From a quick look at the component level service manuals the hardware does > seem to be very similar, although just how similar would need a bit more > detailed investigation, but then there's no guarantee the FPGA programming > would be the same. > > I suppose an interesting experiment might be to drop a set of 53132A > firmware ROMs into a 53131A, not something I've tried, but I wouldn't be at all > surprised if they weren't recognised. > > Regards > > Nigel > GM8PZR > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.