Needhams EMP-11, UV eraser and laptop - a complete eprom solution (round 10)
I've got another kit ready - just in time for your winter arcade projects.
Some of you may remember that I've sold a couple of eprom burning setups with some older laptops and Needham's EMP-10, and EMP-20 eprom burners with a UV eraser. I had a LOT of interest in them, so I reached out to Needhams to see if they could source me some of their remaining stock of vintage programmers. I've always loved the EMP line of programmers because the programming interface is dead simple to use, and the programmers are very reliable. They get me programmers when they can, and I put together kits when I can.
Alright, so here we go. $200 gets you:
Needham's EMP-11 programmer, with power supply, serial cable. 111A / 111B module included. Does all the 80s / 90's common board eproms, from 2716 all the way up to the 8meg eproms found on boards like Mortal Kombat and such.
IBM ThinkPad T42 laptop, running Windows XP. Boots and runs correctly, all drivers correctly installed, device manager is clean. Clean laptop with a newer hard drive. All updates applied. Battery does not hold a charge, bios battery is dead too. Hard drive is a new 60gb pata drive. WiFi works. If you'd like me to replace the bios and main batteries for you, add $20 and 5 working days before shipment.
This laptop will go online and browse various websites. It's got a Pentium M 1.7 with 512megs of ram. Plenty of horsepower to drive Windows XP. You can use this laptop to lookup / download schematics, browse and post to the forums, download and save game roms. Handy.
UV eraser. China special. Brand new. I have one just like it - works great.
This is basically a turn-key solution for reading, verifying, and programming your own eproms. No more waiting (OR PAYING!) for someone else to burn or verify roms for you - do it yourself!
The laptop is all set up to go; it boots to WinXP and the EMP software is already loaded. There's a shortcut link on the desktop to launch the EMP software. All you have to do is turn on the laptop, and double click the EMP program icon and that's it - you're ready to go. I will also offer as much phone support as you need to get comfortable using the system. I've been burning roms with Needham's equipment for 7 years now, so I'm more than happy to help someone get started. With so many freeplay and game mods out there that are just a rom hack, this is a very economical way to service and upgrade your games. Wanna burn your own versus games to change your Vs Excite Bike board into Vs Balloon Fight? No problem! Burn up some roms yourself. Wanna add freeplay with attract mode to your Pac board? No problem! Burn up a new rom for it. How about the Turbo Ninja roms for MK? Sure! Burn your own copy.
These packages see quite a bit of interest, and tend to sell quickly. I will have a few more bundles put together this winter, but most will cost a bit more as they will use more powerful equipment. This setup is what I would call a "low-end" setup - I will be listing more powerful equipment later this year.
As always, pics.
I've got another kit ready - just in time for your winter arcade projects.
Some of you may remember that I've sold a couple of eprom burning setups with some older laptops and Needham's EMP-10, and EMP-20 eprom burners with a UV eraser. I had a LOT of interest in them, so I reached out to Needhams to see if they could source me some of their remaining stock of vintage programmers. I've always loved the EMP line of programmers because the programming interface is dead simple to use, and the programmers are very reliable. They get me programmers when they can, and I put together kits when I can.
Alright, so here we go. $200 gets you:
Needham's EMP-11 programmer, with power supply, serial cable. 111A / 111B module included. Does all the 80s / 90's common board eproms, from 2716 all the way up to the 8meg eproms found on boards like Mortal Kombat and such.
IBM ThinkPad T42 laptop, running Windows XP. Boots and runs correctly, all drivers correctly installed, device manager is clean. Clean laptop with a newer hard drive. All updates applied. Battery does not hold a charge, bios battery is dead too. Hard drive is a new 60gb pata drive. WiFi works. If you'd like me to replace the bios and main batteries for you, add $20 and 5 working days before shipment.
This laptop will go online and browse various websites. It's got a Pentium M 1.7 with 512megs of ram. Plenty of horsepower to drive Windows XP. You can use this laptop to lookup / download schematics, browse and post to the forums, download and save game roms. Handy.
UV eraser. China special. Brand new. I have one just like it - works great.
This is basically a turn-key solution for reading, verifying, and programming your own eproms. No more waiting (OR PAYING!) for someone else to burn or verify roms for you - do it yourself!
The laptop is all set up to go; it boots to WinXP and the EMP software is already loaded. There's a shortcut link on the desktop to launch the EMP software. All you have to do is turn on the laptop, and double click the EMP program icon and that's it - you're ready to go. I will also offer as much phone support as you need to get comfortable using the system. I've been burning roms with Needham's equipment for 7 years now, so I'm more than happy to help someone get started. With so many freeplay and game mods out there that are just a rom hack, this is a very economical way to service and upgrade your games. Wanna burn your own versus games to change your Vs Excite Bike board into Vs Balloon Fight? No problem! Burn up some roms yourself. Wanna add freeplay with attract mode to your Pac board? No problem! Burn up a new rom for it. How about the Turbo Ninja roms for MK? Sure! Burn your own copy.
These packages see quite a bit of interest, and tend to sell quickly. I will have a few more bundles put together this winter, but most will cost a bit more as they will use more powerful equipment. This setup is what I would call a "low-end" setup - I will be listing more powerful equipment later this year.
As always, pics.


