Re: RAM tester?

I've got an Apple II+ and a self diagnostic EPROM that will test the
on-board 4116 RAM. I need to replace the sockets with some ZIFs, but it
is a pretty low-cost way to test many RAMs at once.

My EPROM Pocket Programmer also has some older software that will do
SRAM checks on 2K/8K/32K X 8 RAMs. I'm not confident the SRAM test
routines are robust enough though...

Would be nice to find an EPROM tester. I've gone through a batch of
2732s that program, verify and then fail when in use.

I also have some software for an Apple II that will test 74 series TTL
chips - assuming you have the Fairy IC Tester card. Anyone want to port
that over to an Intel platform? Mark? :)

tm

> > So do people here have any good opinions or tips on RAM testers?
> > I'd like to get something that would handle the typical RAM used in
> > games from the 1978-1987 era
> >
> > I'm thinking of a device that I tell it what type of RAM it's
> > testing, and then it exercises it a while and gives me a thumbs up
> > or thumbs down sign.
> >
> > Is there such a device? Or did I just make something complicated
> > impossibly simple?
> >
> > Any similar device for ROMs (PROMs, EPROMs, etc.)?
> >
> > Joe
> > joemagiera@ameritech.net
Received on Thu May 23 11:05:53 2002