At 11:46 PM 3/30/99 +0100, you wrote:
I have an Epson HX-20 with an EPROM programmer built on. See it at
"http://www.intellistar.net\~rigdonj\hx20.jpg". Does anyone know anything
about this? The case for the EPROM programmer is made of the same material
and is the same color as the Epson case and has the name "Motorola" cast
into it. It's held on with a steel bracket underneath. Someone went to a
lot of trouble to make this. There's also a ribbon cable (?) cconnector in
the top corner. Any idea what it was used for? There are also "Motorola"
marked EPROMs in the socket sin teh bottom of the HX-20. Any idea what
this machine was used for? The batteries in it are dead and I haven't had
time to get it working yet.
My guess, and it's only a guess, is that it was used to program the
freqeuncy control EPROMs for some Motorola radio transceiver or something
like that. I know that such devices exist, but I didn't know that they
were based on the HX20.
Under the cover on the back there should be 5 EPROM sockets. On a
standard HX20, 4 of them contain the OS/BASIC ROMS, the other is empty.
Do you have the standard 4 ROMs? If not, you might have some fun ahead...
-tony
Tony,
It has five EPROMs in the bottom of it. They're marked "Copyright
Motorola 1990 0106705T77", "E1 HX2", "D1 HX2", "C1
HX2", "E1 HC2" in that
order. Are the last four the standard ROMs? There's also a Motorola
marked ROM in the ROM cartridge on the top. It's marked "Copyright Motorola
1991 0106705T57".
I could have a LOT of fun with it if I knew what radio it was for and how
to reprogram them :-)
Joe