Thanks Adam,
That was my next question, which EPROM burners people use.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Thornton" <adam@xxxxxxx>
To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [stella] Emulator or Console?
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:31:09AM -0500, Matthew Ozor wrote:
> > I did a search on eBay for a Cuttle Cart and there is one already up to
> > $122. Anyway its nice to see that the scene is very active. Maybe after
I
> > get my feet wet I'll look into actually burning a EPROM..
> >
> > I found this site that sells assembled PCB's with a socket for only
$14.95.
> > http://www.sunmark.com/
>
> That seems a little high. On the other hand, for 4K carts I find it a
> lot easier--really--to burn an EPROM than load it into the SC; since
> there are PCB designs that will do large memory footprints, it's
> probably just as easy to do those as it is to use a Cuttle Cart. Once
> you have a PCB and a ZIF socket on it, life is really easy.
>
> That said, if someone makes a Cuttle Cart workalike, I'm *all over it*.
> Although I'd really be more interested in a 2600-on-FPGA solution that
> had an A/D converter or a serial port, and enough scratch memory that
> you'd get CC-like functionality built in.
>
> I know there's someone on the list, but I can't remember who, who makes
> PCBs that will take up to 32K ROMs. In fact, if you're reading this,
> please get in touch with me, because I'm back off the road for a bit and
> ready to buy. I know you sent me email a few months ago, but it's now
> backed up to offline storage because my mailbox got too large.
>
> I use the Pocket Programmer II from Intronics, and it's a wonderful
> tool. About $150--which is very cheap for an EPROM burner--and burns a
> whole lot of different EPROM types.
>
> Adam
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