Needhams EMP-20, UV eraser and laptop - a complete eprom solution (round 20)
I've got another kit ready for your eprom needs.
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.$250 $225 gets you:
Needham's EMP-20 programmer, with power supply, serial cable & 01A/01B module. 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.
Dell Inspiron 600m laptop (running D600 bios), running WinXP SP3. Boots and runs correctly, all drivers correctly installed, device manager is clean. Wireless card installed, DVD drive works. Laptop has scratches and scuffs, but the screen looks fine. Battery is toast, holds zero charge.
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.
The laptop is able to go online and browse forums, read schematics, and check/verify/download rom images too. I wouldn't go so far as to say that you could use it as your daily driver, but it's definitely capable of handling light duty web browsing / email and other tasks in addition to programming with the EMP-20. Google Chrome is installed, Adobe Reader (to read pdf schematics and manuals), and 7zip to open rom zip files for individual rom image browsing. Also has Open Office installed and ready to go.
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 "midrange" setup - I will be listing more powerful equipment later this spring.
If the buyer would like me to replace the battery on the laptop, add $20.
Thanks for looking!
I've got another kit ready for your eprom needs.
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.
Needham's EMP-20 programmer, with power supply, serial cable & 01A/01B module. 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.
Dell Inspiron 600m laptop (running D600 bios), running WinXP SP3. Boots and runs correctly, all drivers correctly installed, device manager is clean. Wireless card installed, DVD drive works. Laptop has scratches and scuffs, but the screen looks fine. Battery is toast, holds zero charge.
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.
The laptop is able to go online and browse forums, read schematics, and check/verify/download rom images too. I wouldn't go so far as to say that you could use it as your daily driver, but it's definitely capable of handling light duty web browsing / email and other tasks in addition to programming with the EMP-20. Google Chrome is installed, Adobe Reader (to read pdf schematics and manuals), and 7zip to open rom zip files for individual rom image browsing. Also has Open Office installed and ready to go.
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 "midrange" setup - I will be listing more powerful equipment later this spring.
If the buyer would like me to replace the battery on the laptop, add $20.
Thanks for looking!
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