FS Parts: Needhams EMP-20, UV eraser and laptop - a complete eprom solution (round 6!)

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Needhams EMP-20, UV eraser and laptop - a complete eprom solution (round 6!)

I've got another kit ready - a premium kit at a premium price.

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 gets you:

Needham's EMP-20 programmer, with power supply, serial cable, program floppy, and all 3 of the original family modules that shipped with the package - 01A, 02A, and 03A - which will handle 99% of what you want to program on the classic arcade stuff. 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 Latitude D610 laptop. 2 gigs of RAM, 40 gig hard drive. Runs great. XP Operating system - I'm sure this laptop is CAPABLE of running Win7 or even Win10, but the EMP programming interface program is only 100% tested working in WinXP, so that's what we've got. Battery does hold a charge for a few seconds, but not very long. If the buyer wants me to add a new battery to the mix, I'll be happy to ad $15 to the price and buy and install one, but most folks probably won't be moving the laptop around much, so I didn't see the need to get one. However, XP is still a very usable operating system and Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox still play YouTube videos relatively well. It's got a Pentium 4M at 2.0ghz, I believe. You're not going to do any gaming on this rig, but it'll pull up pdf files of game schematics, load spreadsheets, view web pages no problem, etc.

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 6 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.

My last complete package like this sold nearly instantly. Don't miss out!

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I'm working on getting more packages ready in the coming weeks. Save your pennies, folks.

Kits will be in the $250-$400 range, depending on the hardware included.

This was my latest kit, pre-ordered by another forum member:

I have a kit ready for you now.

  • EMP-10 programmer with power supply, serial cable, M1A/M1B module
  • Brand new eprom eraser
  • Acer Travelmate 730TXV laptop running Win98SE, all set up and ready to run EMP software

$250 for the whole package, shipped. That includes some free tech support to get you started.

Thanks,

-Brad

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