EPROM issues, who can burn?

Now, I didn't say anything about simulation. I suggested a couple of ways of making hardware which emulates the "real McCoy" in that it plugs something other than the original MFG's proms into the sockets. How you get there, or how you proceed afterward is not defined. True, if a simulation hosted on another machine satisfies you, the job is trivial by comparison with getting the old dinosaur to breathe. It's all a question of what it takes to trip your trigger. The fact remains, however, that one could either install copied EPROMs into the sockets, or, in those cases where the EPROMS are no longer readily available, build some sort of hardware-compatible substitute. I merely suggested that one form of HARDWARE emulation, which is more than just substitution of one piece of hardware for another, might be to use those "smart-socket" parts from Dallas Semi and stuff them with RAM which could be written in some way as yet TBD prior to their installation. I've got some UK-made 15-year old 2kx8 battery-powered RAMs which still work. They're an option, though there are others which are somewhat less bulky. The latter substitution seems to me to be a far cry from simulation on a different computer. Dick -----Original Message----- From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 2:29 AM Subject: Re: EPROM issues, who can burn? programming to