Re: Question on rom dumping?

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Posted by planetjay on January 16, 2002 at 19:46:31:

In Reply to: Question on rom dumping? posted by Steve C on January 16, 2002 at 18:35:55:

The original idea behind ROM dumping was indeed to save the games with bad ROMs. These days it's more about MAME than saving an old board.

The ROM images should be able to be copied back to an EPROM with no problem. The device you need is called a PROM burner. They can be found many places including Here and you can even build your own Here.

You can also try searching google for "eprom burner".

: Hello People, I have just recently got into collection arcade boards and cabinets, I only have a few of each right now, but the addiction is here to stay. I got into this whole thing because of MAME as many have, But I was thinking maybe MAME could help me repair my boards.
: If I was to buy an eprom reader\copier for my pc would I be able to simply copy a single rom chip image from a mame rom set to a blank eprom chip of the same size. For example I just bought an Ultimate MK3 board with a bad U-128 game rom chip, I checked the MK3 zip file and indeed found the binary file for the U-128.
: Is my idea a pipe dream or is it feasable to think this just may be possible.

: Thanks in advance and I hope someone out there knows about or has tried this theory.

: Steve,
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: The original idea behind ROM dumping was indeed to save the games with bad ROMs. These days it's more about MAME than saving an old board. : The ROM images should be able to be copied back to an EPROM with no problem. The device you need is called a PROM burner. They can be found many places including <a href="http://www.needhams.com/">Here</a> and you can even build your own <a href="http://www.zws.com/products/index.html">Here</a>. : You can also try searching google for "eprom burner". : : Hello People, I have just recently got into collection arcade boards and cabinets, I only have a few of each right now, but the addiction is here to stay. I got into this whole thing because of MAME as many have, But I was thinking maybe MAME could help me repair my boards. : : If I was to buy an eprom reader\copier for my pc would I be able to simply copy a single rom chip image from a mame rom set to a blank eprom chip of the same size. For example I just bought an Ultimate MK3 board with a bad U-128 game rom chip, I checked the MK3 zip file and indeed found the binary file for the U-128. : : Is my idea a pipe dream or is it feasable to think this just may be possible. : : Thanks in advance and I hope someone out there knows about or has tried this theory. : : Steve, : :

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