From Brian Willoughby Sent Wed, Nov 7th 2018, 06:17
From Brian Willoughby Sent Wed, Nov 7th 2018, 06:17
On Nov 6, 2018, at 8:50 PM, codemechanic <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Threadjacking here, but does anyone have an industrial strength = USB-compatible ROM burner they prefer for burning vintage synth ROMs? I = have one that works with an Apple 2 and from time to time I see Oberheim = Prommers come up for sale, but I'd like to track down a well-built = modern one that has a USB interface. Funny, my first EPROM burner was an Apple II peripheral that I designed, = built, and programmed myself. I later purchased a commercial EPROM = burner card with software, but had to rewrite parts of the software = because it was painfully and needlessly slow. Besides the difficultly of = finding that hardware now, there=E2=80=99s also the issue of getting = data on and off the Apple II. It=E2=80=99s fine for copying EPROMs that = I have, but not so good when everything is on the internet. That said, I am also interested in buying a well-built USB PROM burner. = My friend with the Xpander is looking at a $55 option, but no way to = verify the product quality. = https://www.amazon.com/Signstek-TL866PLUS-Universal-MiniPro-Programmer/dp/= B00K73TSLM/ref=3Dcm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=3DUTF8 > I don't like that I have to attach a hoaky adapter to the GQ-4X every = time I want to use it, but maybe I'm expecting too much. Strange. The page you linked talks about =E2=80=9CTrue USB=E2=80=9D over = and over, versus the old 25-pin cable. Do you not have the latest = version of the GQ-4X? Although it=E2=80=99s Windows only, they make it = sound like =E2=80=9Cthe best.=E2=80=9D Brian