Date   : Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:52:01 +0000
From   : Andy Armstrong <andy@...>
Subject: Re: Obtaining DNFS and HiBasic ROMs

On 21 Dec 2005, at 11:36, Jules Richardson wrote:
> Has anyone ever thought whether it's possible to turn the BBC  
> itself into an EPROM burner that'll cope with the common BBC ROMs?
>
> In theory don't you just need some software and a little carrier  
> board that could intercept the programming pin and apply the  
> relevant higher programming voltage to the device from a separate  
> supply? In other words, the machine has all the necessary  
> addressing built in, which is the more complex bit when building a  
> standalone programmer...

At HCCS there used to be a Beeb that had been hacked as an Eprom  
programmer - not sure how extensive the mod to achieve that was. I  
remember it having no lid and a /lot/ of loose wire - but that may  
have been for some other reason :)

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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net