30 Mar
2009
30 Mar
'09
3:30 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:11 PM
To: General at mail.mobygames.com; Discussion@
Subject: Re: Looking for an 8 bit HD controller
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
no?
This would be the case if 1. I owned an eeprom reader/writer and knew
how to use it and 2. I had a decent working one in the first place ;-)
--
I'll bet you could find one on eBay. :-)
Sorry, I couldn't resist -- Ian
Jim Leonard wrote:
>> Hardcards are nice if they still work (the drives are dying).
>
> Actually, a lot of them use programmable eeproms and it is those
that
> are dying. I have a lot of Plus hardcards
with fully working
drives,
but the
electronics are bad.
That should be easy enough to fix...
Read the ROMs off a good one and burn a new set for the broken ones,