Re: Still having eprom troubles (looking for a programmer now)

Cameron,

If you just need a few 2532's programmed, I have
access to a topmax that can burn them. If you
send me the chips and the binary files you want
burned into them, I'll do it and send them back
the next day.

___
Ken

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 4:15 pm, Cameron Rector wrote:
> I should have asked this in the first place; do you have the device
> list for the programmer? Does it include Texas Instruments TMS2532,
> TMS2532A, and TMS2516?
>
> Lewis <lmills01@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> Cameron,
>>
>> I've got an "Omni 64" programmer that you (or anyone else) can have
>> for postage. It is marked "OAE" which I think stands for Oliver
>> Advanced Engineering. I don't know anything else about it; I bought it
>> on eBay years ago.  If anybody on the list knows about this machine,
>> please fill me in.  I can take some pics if anyone is interested.
>>
>> I'm never going to get involved in programming EPROMs, so this thing
>> is just collecting dust.
>>
>> Lewis
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: Cameron Rector
>>>
>>> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
>>>
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:15 PM
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: VECTOR: Still having eprom troubles (looking for a
>>> programmer now)
>>>
>>> Thank you John,
>>>
>>> It seam so obvious now that you point this out.
>>>
>>> Well I checked all eight sockets and traced the path as far as I
>>> could (mutli layered board without schematics) and I only found one
>>> solder joint that was questionable. Unfortunatly it did not fix the
>>> problem. I tried to call Bytek (makers of the programmer) and there
>>> phone has been disconnected.
>>>
>>> So now I am looking to buy a new or "new to me" programmer.
>>>
>>> I see people have listed a 29B, 2900/3900, Needhams EMP-20 & 30 as
>>> programmers worth looking for, but I seam to be having troubles
>>> finding some of these and I am not sure what I sould have to pay for
>>> a programmer capible of programming TMS2532's and TMS2516's
>>>
>>> I will keep searching but, in the mean time if any of you would like
>>> to give me some pointers that would be great.
>>>
>>> Cameron 
>>>
>>> John Robertson <pinball@telus.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It would appear that something is wrong with your programmer. 0800h
>>>> is the start of the top 1/2 of the 2532 and if it is not programming
>>>> then there is a problem with Address 11 at the Eprom. could be a bad
>>>> test socket, bad solder connection to the test socket, Programming
>>>> Logic, or???
>>>>
>>>> If the programmer is new I would be talking to the manufacturer.
>>>>
>>>> If it is old then I would suggest you join the Tech Tools List (TTL)
>>>> and ask for help there - or simply get another unit.
>>>>
>>>> How to subscribe or unsubscribe to TTL
>>>>
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
>>>>
>>>> FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/pub/TTL/
>>>>
>>>> John :-#)#
>>>>
>>>> At 7:08 AM -0700 9/30/06, Cameron Rector wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>> I am still having trouble programming my eproms. I thought I had
>>>>> some bad eproms so I purchased some new ones. Now after many hours
>>>>> of trying all kinds of things I noticed that each eprom fails the
>>>>> verify check at the exact same address 0800. The ram contains "01"
>>>>> and the device contains "FF" on four chips in a row. Does this mean
>>>>> my programmer is dead or does this mean something else? I am really
>>>>> new at this programming thing, so I could be doing something very
>>>>> wrong. I do have the correct device selected TI 2532A. I would
>>>>> think that what ever is in ram should write to the chip whether it
>>>>> is correct or not; for this reason, I don't think it is a file
>>>>> problem....Correct?
>>>>
>>>>> I saw a recent thread on what programmer to buy; I guess I will
>>>>> research that in the mean while.
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance for your input,
>>>>
>>>>> Cameron
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> How to subscribe or unsubscribe from TTL
>>>>
>>>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
>>>>
>>>> FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/pub/TTL/
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Unsubscribe, subscribe, or view the archives at http://www.vectorlist.org
** Please direct other questions, comments, or problems to chris@westnet.com
Received on Sat Sep 30 19:27:42 2006