atrax27407 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 (edited) AMD AM27C49 adapter This chip is a direct replacement for the "almost mythical" TMS2564 (the 24-pin version) that is used in the TI DSDD Disk controller and is upwards compatible with the TMS2532 chip. You will need to build your own adapter but it is a fairly simple build. In this case, the bottom socket is a 28-pin socket with one or more 24-pin sockets stacked on top of it. The sockets are bottom justified (i.e., pins 1, 2, 27, and 28 are uncovered).. The wiring goes like this: Bottom socket pin #1 to Top socket pin #20 (Vpp) Bottom socket pin #2 to Top socket pin #18 (A12) Bottom socket pin #28 to Top socket pin #24 (Vcc) Bottom socket pin 21 to Top socket pin #21 (A10) Bottom socket pin # 23 to Top socket pin #19 (A11) Pins 27 (PGM), 26 (N/C), 22 (OE), and 20 (CE) from the bottom socket are not connected. You will have to change the Vpp to 13.5V, Vcc to 5.00V, Vdd to 5.50V and Pulse Delay to 1000us Select AMD AM27C64 to use as your template to program the chip. The important thing to remember when making any adapter is that the bottom socket (i.e., the one plugged directly into the TL866) MUST be the one you use for your programming template. The top socket is the one that the EPROM you wish to program is plugged into. Edited March 14, 2018 by atrax27407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Here's a link for a built adapter for 27C400, etc. chips: https://www.ebay.com/itm/27C322-27C160-27C800-27C400-Adapter-for-TL866-EPROM-Programmer-for-game-consoles/322988047767?hash=item4b33967d97:g:usQAAOSwA~VaQhkB CHUE: I'm actually trying to do the same thing, which is to use a minpro to program a DiagRom. You will need an adapter. I ordered this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/GGLABS-E2R16v2-PCB-TL866-27C400-27C800-27C160-Programming-Adapter-EPROM/401464557359?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 The listing above is just for the bare board, so if you go that route, you'll need to buy the parts and do some soldering. The parts for mine are still en-route from China. Oh boy, well, glad I can use it, now I have to order one more thing. *sigh* - OK well it is what it is... Thanks felluhs for answering so quickly. I'm actually trying to do the same thing, which is to use a minpro to program a DiagRom. You will need an adapter. I ordered this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/GGLABS-E2R16v2-PCB-TL866-27C400-27C800-27C160-Programming-Adapter-EPROM/401464557359?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 The listing above is just for the bare board, so if you go that route, you'll need to buy the parts and do some soldering. The parts for mine are still en-route from China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Here are the directions for programming an ATMEGA1284P. UberCart-Programming-v1-Aug-2017.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 I have discovered that the TI specifications for the TMS2564 (24 pin package) have an error in the pin outs. The datasheet has A6 listed as both Pin 2 and Pin 15. That is an impossibility. Pin 15 should be Q6. Therefore, it requires an adapter when inserted in a 24-pin socket for the TMS2564 which is used in the TI DSDD FDC. Make the following changes: AM27C49 TMS2564 (24 pin) Pin 21 (A10) Pin 19 (A10) Pin 19 (A11) Pin 18 (A11) Pin 18 (A12) Pin 21 (A12) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 My adaptor finally arrived today - Here's the one I got. Hope to use it this weekend sometime.>>eBay Listing<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just out of curiosity, for future reference. If I wanted to update the TIPI in the future with an EEPROM instead of using the EPROM that it comes with. (I don't have a UV eraser). Which EEPROM and which adapter should I purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 What is the original EPROM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Oh jeez, I'm not sure. I remember looking up alternate chips at one time (so I must have had that information at one point) and I even remember a discussion about the pins being different, but that's it. If Matt does not pop in with the answer, I'll have do a little re-research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Okay... it looks like a << AMD 27C256 >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 A 29F256 should work. Check the pinouts on the data sheet to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 A 29F256 should work. Check the pinouts on the data sheet to make sure. It looks the same to me. Can I please get a second set of eyeballs to see that everything matches up and is within tolerances? The Datasheet is attached below... 29F256.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 The Minipro doesn't list the TMS29F256 as supported. However, you can look for another "flavor" of 29F256 and, if the pin outs and Vpp match, use it as your template. Just uncheck the Chip ID box before you start programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnr Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Maybe this is common knowledge, but just to be sure: there is an open source program to drive the TL866 from Linux/macOS. It's on github here: https://github.com/vdudouyt/minipro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) Looking at this one, it looks like the TI chip was the only 32K flash chip that built them on the 28-pin package format. The 28F256 uses a 32-pin form factor that is mostly pin-compatible (only the VCC and VPP pins are shifted to pins 32 and 1, with pins 30 and 3 (equivalent to 28 and 1 on the 29F256) as N/C. You would have to bend some pins and run a jumper wire to get VCC to pin 32 in order to use this on a TIPI, and then you have to have enough space to put it in there too--and once you bend the pins you lose the advantage you were looking to get by using a flash chip. This is not really an option unless you modify the TIPI board to jumper between a 32-pin flash chip and the 28-pin EPROM. I'll have to look to see if any other programmers I have support the 29F256, as looking at the two chips, the erase/programming cycle is radically different between the two chip families. I have done some digging, and I found out that my TOPWIN3000 will program the 29F256. My Advin and Xeltek programmers will program the 29F010 and 040 chips, but don't have the smaller chips from the family in their libraries. Edited April 8, 2018 by Ksarul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 New upgrade for the MiniPro. Version is now 6.71 which adds some more chips. Also an upgrade to the TL866II. Now up to 7.11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 My adaptor finally arrived today - Here's the one I got. Hope to use it this weekend sometime. >>eBay Listing<< 2018-04-06 14.24.55.jpg I just wanted to report success with this adaptor in programming a 27c400 chip in the miniPro TL866. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 New upgrade to the TL866II - current version is now 7.21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I might have asked this same question 2-3 years ago - is the 29c040 Atmel chip supported? Swim and I have a number of these chips that we can no longer program. Our programmers say they will write to them, but seem to screw up the boot sectors and/or lock the boot pages. Once locked, the chip is pretty much unusable for our needs. Be great if we could find someone capable of writing to the chip and validating that the full 512k could be programmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Are you trying to program the PLCC or the DIP version? ISTR Gazoo used to program the PLCC version all the time with this programmer (he was always having trouble with the 49F040 chips that I use, but that was just a programming socket issue, as I program them on his old programmer all the time using a flap-style socket). I've never tried the DIP variants. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 DIP variants, 32 pin. I have a few chips that worked up until I made the mistake of trying to reprogram with my GX4Q programmer. I know some of the SNUG cards use this chip or a variant. Maybe there is a compatible 512k chip that could be used in its place? It has to be programmable by 128 or 256 byte sectors, like the 29c040 or 29c040a. I thought Winbond made some similar chips, but I have no experience using those varieties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Give me some time. I just bought some of the ATMEL chips and some of the equivalent WINBOND chips (both in DIP variants). I'll do some testing once they show up. . .as I'll probably need some of these eventually too (I have lots of SNUG cards). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Give me some time. I just bought some of the ATMEL chips and some of the equivalent WINBOND chips (both in DIP variants). I'll do some testing once they show up. . .as I'll probably need some of these eventually too (I have lots of SNUG cards). thank you, sir. Having both varieties will certainly be a good check and balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 The chip list shows the Atmel 29C040 is supported. I doesn't say if it is specifically the DIP32 version (that field is blank) but it also supports the TSOP and PLCC configurations. It also supports several configurations of the 29C040A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Looking at data sheets, the AT49C040A and the Winbond chip both program in 256-byte sectors. The chip list for the programmer also lists the DIP versions, @Atrax27407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 New version for the TL866II - now Vn 7.22. Fixed an algorithm and added Spanish language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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