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Posted by saint on January 16, 2002 at 20:08:37:

In Reply to: Re: Question on rom dumping? posted by planetjay on January 16, 2002 at 19:46:31:

: 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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