CPU Isolator, 6809E

My first ever $2 JLCpcb came in one day early. After stuffing same, it tests OK with no errors.
All pins are buffered, address and controls. The data pins are buffered on the main PCB.



























After soldering those pins, the extra is removed. Then this PCB is pressed into the socket for the CPU on the main PCB and the CPU is installed on this PCB.



























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