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Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I was hoping that someone on the list might have a bit of knowledge of > EEPROM chips and could help with a query. > > Basically what I'm trying to do is get a Etherboot ROM for a Realtek > 8139 network card. The card has a 28-pin socket (I think it's a DIL > socket? - it's rectangle with two strips of 14 holes on each side). > > Now I've been reading up that using a utility such as Uniflash, it's > possible to program an EEPROM with a ROM image. > > The thing is, I don't know much about EEPROM chips. I know they come in > different sizes and with different numbers of pins but that's about it. > > Does anyone possibly have any idea where I could either get a suitable > EEPROM chip from (I've tried CPC and Maplin but not knowing what I'm > looking for I'm a bit stumped), or alternatively where I can get a > couple of pre-programmed Etherboot EEPROM chips? > Yea, if i recall netboot roms are just standard EPROMS not EEPROMS, EEPROMS are also known as E2 or E squared devices. Probably a 93c64 93c128 93c256 or 93c512 is what you want. I have the programmers and the chips just need a rom file. Robin
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