Date   : Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:02:32 +0000
From   : Richard Kilpatrick <oldcomputers@...>
Subject: Re: EPROM programmers/copiers?

On 9 Feb 2004, at 13:01, Jules Richardson wrote:


> Looks to take the same sort of cartridges as mine. Same gross two-tone
> blue as well!
>
> My concern with that one would be the lack of control panel on the unit
> - implying it needs some form of software on the host. Maybe nothing
> more than a terminal emulator, but if it needs something else do check
> if it comes with software!

I'll have a look again. I know I've got an old Amstrad 1512 which is 
probably good enough for that sort of thing...

> For the current bid you can't go far wrong though I suppose, maybe it's
> worth the risk.

Yeah, I thought that.


> yep :) worth backing up floppy disk images of anything useful too. Then
> when you start to back up hard disk images as well, things start piling
> up fast...

That's where having a Mac with 160Gb disc and a DVD-burner comes in 
handy ;)

Richard, trying to decide if a technology exchange with a collector 
might be an idea - I'm wondering if getting the ABC up and running is 
beyond my capabilities and if it would be worth a working LV-ROM to 
someone... I have at least cleaned it, installed an ST-225 drive and 
ascertained exactly how 'not working' it is :)
-- 
Richard Kilpatrick
Older than most of his computers, but not by enough to know better.
Acorn: '82 to '98. Atari: '79-84. Apple: '84-04 (no Apple //, for 
shame!).
http://www.dmc12.demon.co.uk/retrotech/