Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:53:38 -0500
From: Randy Dawson
come on stop it guys
its a standard 24, 28 pin thing
everybody made these ROMS, we did not have otp and the cheap no window
package untill - 87 I think. reading it out is the mystery and the fun
inside
Well, it's this comment from Andrew:
The date code in BIOS indicates about 1994 vintage or
so...
that makes me think it's probably flash/EEPROM. By 1994, almost
nobody was putting BIOS code in ROMs for PeeCees. Maybe you know of
someone, but I'm drawing a blank. And it might be an OTP also.
Regardless, given the capacity, if it's a user-programmable ROM of
any sort, there's bound to be manufacturer's information.
Now, had Andrew said "1984", then I'd say you had a point; but even
then, the size (512Kbit) would have been very unusual.
Hey Andrew, if you can read the BIOS out, get the Award version
number information too--the host system can often be identified from
it, as there's a vendor ID in it.
Cheers,
Chuck