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if i were to buy a programmer, what would i need to make sure my programmer was capable for making chips for pinball machines? i know i have read it isnt really practical to go this way unless you plan on burning alot of chips, please any help would be appreciated.
 
If you're going to be burning ROMs for pins you'll want to get something that will reliably do 2532. A lot of the cheaper programmers have problems with EPROMs requiring 25V VPP.

I have several programmers for different applications but my favourite for the old stuff is the pocket programmer:

http://secure.transtronics.com/osc/product_info.php/cPath/55/products_id/621

If you're only going to burn CMOS stuff you can probably get away with a cheap Willem programmer or whatever's cheap on ebay.
 
As for it being cost effective, it depends on how often you are going to update machines and if it will help you with any troubleshooting. If you consider that a ROM upgrade is typically $10-15 from most vendors, you can have a cheap programmer paid for itself quickly. Especially if you are going to upgrade sound ROMs, which often take several chips.

I went with the GQ-4X a few months ago. It is expensive, but pretty simple and it is USB. And it has probably paid for itself already.
 
I've worked with several models of burners and I absolutely hate those cheap ass USB ones sold on eBay. Plus they generally don;t ship software with it then you have to scavenge the internet looking for software. But putting my anger aside, I would say unless you plan on burning a lot I'd simply order from John Wart. http://www.thatpinballplace.com/eproms/index.htm
He's an awesome guy and his prices are cheap.

I got tired of dicking around with the cheap burners. Super Pro Model 3000 is the best by far - but also spendy. Luckily my work has one I can use anytime for free :)
 
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