Since there has been discussion of decapping/dumping here before (and I'm not sure the best place to ask), I'm hoping someone can give me a good lead.
Basically, I am hoping to get the ROM dumped from an LCD controller chip. I've had bad luck finding companies that would do _any_ dumping at reasonable costs before. However, http://decap.mameworld.info/about-2/ states the following (where in context here 'decap' means dump the program memory as well)
I emailed flylogic.net quite awhile ago, and heard nothing back.
I got a price list from a different company that was outrageous. So if anyone knows where I could get prices closer to what is listed in that quote, please let me know.
Basically, I am hoping to get the ROM dumped from an LCD controller chip. I've had bad luck finding companies that would do _any_ dumping at reasonable costs before. However, http://decap.mameworld.info/about-2/ states the following (where in context here 'decap' means dump the program memory as well)
Quote:
Q: How much does it usually cost to decap a chip?
A: It depends on the chip. In the open market, older MASKROM-based micros start at $350 USD per chip. PIC16Cxxx start at $1,200 per chip. Motorola Freescale stuff starts at $2,500 per part. The harder the chip is to crack, the more it costs. It takes several hours to perform the work. Other companies who do this kind of work would charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to decap and read the large number of chips that need to be processed for MAME.
A: It depends on the chip. In the open market, older MASKROM-based micros start at $350 USD per chip. PIC16Cxxx start at $1,200 per chip. Motorola Freescale stuff starts at $2,500 per part. The harder the chip is to crack, the more it costs. It takes several hours to perform the work. Other companies who do this kind of work would charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to decap and read the large number of chips that need to be processed for MAME.
I emailed flylogic.net quite awhile ago, and heard nothing back.
I got a price list from a different company that was outrageous. So if anyone knows where I could get prices closer to what is listed in that quote, please let me know.