for the tl;dr crowd, my question is what ERPOM burner should I buy that would best be suited to making NES and Famicom reproductions?
For the rest:
This fall I will be going back to school to learn videogame programming. I realize that I'll be learning high level programming in languages such as C++, Java, VisualBasic, etc and probably not 6502 assembly, but I do nevertheless have the interest in learning assembly and more to the point of this thread, producing my own reproduction carts.
In preparation do getting into that I have purchased several dozen EPROMs, mostly UV Erasable ones but also a handful of flash ones as well.
Researching on my own lead me to realize 8-bit EPROMs are measured in Megabits, which are divisible by 8, so I came up with this chart. Hopefully I am not mistaken.
27C128 = 16KB
27C256 = 32KB
27C512 = 64KB
27C010 = 128KB
27C020 = 256KB
27C040 = 512KB
So what I would like to know is if someone might be able to recommend a modern, USB EPROM burner well suited for the task of making NES reproductions.
I primarily use a imac, but do have an older circa 2004 PC with XP if needbe.
I have pre-existing knowledge of NES boards and soldering skills to remove the mask roms in place.
I know that eventually with the later, more complex games, Nintendo began to use custom chips that don't match up with off the shelf EPROMs, and hence need wired cross connections. I don't plan to tackle anything like that just yet - probably stick to NROMs, UNROMs and other simple boards. I have 28 27C512 which I hope I can make SMB1 hack repros with.
So if you stuck with me and read all this, I gratefully appreciate advice of which EPROM burner to go with, possibly where to buy it and how much I should expect to pay. Thanks!
For the rest:
This fall I will be going back to school to learn videogame programming. I realize that I'll be learning high level programming in languages such as C++, Java, VisualBasic, etc and probably not 6502 assembly, but I do nevertheless have the interest in learning assembly and more to the point of this thread, producing my own reproduction carts.
In preparation do getting into that I have purchased several dozen EPROMs, mostly UV Erasable ones but also a handful of flash ones as well.
Researching on my own lead me to realize 8-bit EPROMs are measured in Megabits, which are divisible by 8, so I came up with this chart. Hopefully I am not mistaken.
27C128 = 16KB
27C256 = 32KB
27C512 = 64KB
27C010 = 128KB
27C020 = 256KB
27C040 = 512KB
So what I would like to know is if someone might be able to recommend a modern, USB EPROM burner well suited for the task of making NES reproductions.
I primarily use a imac, but do have an older circa 2004 PC with XP if needbe.
I have pre-existing knowledge of NES boards and soldering skills to remove the mask roms in place.
I know that eventually with the later, more complex games, Nintendo began to use custom chips that don't match up with off the shelf EPROMs, and hence need wired cross connections. I don't plan to tackle anything like that just yet - probably stick to NROMs, UNROMs and other simple boards. I have 28 27C512 which I hope I can make SMB1 hack repros with.
So if you stuck with me and read all this, I gratefully appreciate advice of which EPROM burner to go with, possibly where to buy it and how much I should expect to pay. Thanks!