Hi All,

I’m not sure leaving a CMOS chip input open is a good idea. The OE and PGM/ 
should be pulled to their respective enabled states or the output may not be 
predictable. I suspect Vpp is not necessary to connect.

Atsushi



On Jul 4, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Gary Weber <m100l...@gweber.org> wrote:

> I found some useful information from assuearcade.com.  It seems there are 
> some EPROM parts that would work as a replacement for the NEC PC-8300 system 
> masked ROM.
> 
> - - - - - - -
> 
> Compatible EPROMS: NEC 27C1000 & HN27C301G. Those are the ONLY chips you can 
> use. They are 32 pin 1M EPROMs but are pin compatible with 28 pin 1M 
> uPD231000 mask ROM. All you need to do is join a wire from pin 30 to pin 32 
> for VCC. The top 4 pins will just hang out of the socket, don't worry about 
> them.
> 
> MASKED ROM                            EPROM 
> (1M) 128k x 8 mask rom (TC531000)     (1M) 128k x 8 EPROM (HN27C301)  
> (23C1000)                                                 (NEC 27C1000) 
>                                       Vpp    +-v-+ 32  Vcc     \       
>                                       OE   2 |   | 31  PGM/     |  <-- Wire 
> pin 32 to 30 for Vcc to be on pin 28 of socket
> A15  1 +-v-+ 28  VCC                  A15  3 |   | 30  nc      /       
> A12  2 |   | 27  A14                  A12  4 |   | 29  A14            
> A7   3 |   | 26  A13                  A7   5 |   | 28  A13            
> A6   4 |   | 25  A8                   A6   6 |   | 27  A8             
> A5   5 |   | 24  A9                   A5   7 |   | 26  A9             
> A4   6 |   | 23  A11                  A4   8 |   | 25  A11            
> A3   7 |   | 22  A16                  A3   9 |   | 24  A16            
> A2   8 |   | 21  A10                  A2  10 |   | 23  A10            
> A1   9 |   | 20  CE/                  A1  11 |   | 22  CE/            
> A0  10 |   | 19  D7                   A0  12 |   | 21  D7             
> D0  11 |   | 18  D6                   D0  13 |   | 20  D6             
> D1  12 |   | 17  D5                   D1  14 |   | 19  D5             
> D2  13 |   | 16  D4                   D2  15 |   | 18  D4             
> GND 14 +---+ 15  D3                   GND 16 +---+ 17  D3
> 
> I suppose using an adapter board would look cleaner, but honestly having a 
> few pins hanging off the socket may not be that big of a deal..
> 
> Anyway, sorry for all the spam from me today.  I got a bit excited!   ;-)
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 4:01 PM, Gary Weber <m100l...@gweber.org> wrote:
> I keep trying to attach photos to this post thinking I can make them small 
> enough. I *swear* I keep saving them as a 57k JPG but when I upload it, 
> they're 200k and get rejected.  Okay, let's try this a different way!  Just 
> embedded links this time...
> 
> Okay, here's what I found in the NEC PC-8300 Technical Reference, and right 
> there in plain sight, all is revealed:
> http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q53/gweber68/NEC_PC-8300_ROM_Bank_Select_zpsfnltzdo7.jpg
> 
> The 128k mask PROM is the NEC uPD23C1000A.  And here's the datasheet on the 
> part itself:  
> http://www.datasheet4u.com/datasheet-pdf/NECElectronics/UPD23C1000A/pdf.php?id=539613
> 
> Seems putting a new NEC PC-8300 ROM together might be within reach, for those 
> so inclined.  :)
> 
> Gary
> 
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:12 PM, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> yah, thx. I think it needs to be buzzed out a bit to confirm the
> actual pinout...
> 
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Kurt McCullum <kurt.mccul...@att.net> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > Keep in mind that I am guessing on the PROM based on the limited number of 
> > 128k 28 pin PROMs available at that time. That's a pinout for the NEC PROM 
> > but I don't know if that is the actual part which was used. There should be 
> > a number on the chip that may lead to the answer.
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M100 [mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com] On Behalf Of Stephen 
> > Adolph
> > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 5:13 AM
> > To: Model 100 Discussion <m100@lists.bitchin100.com>
> > Subject: Re: [M100] Parts for an NEC PC-8300
> >
> > .. comparing a 27C1001 pinout to the one from Kurt, it looks like it may 
> > just be possible to stuff a 27C1001 and wire up only a couple of signals.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >> come to think of it, you could probably tie /CE and /OE together.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >>> I did not grasp how much information is in that 500MB tech reference
> >>> doc for the 8300.  Wow!
> >>>
> >>> probably the best documented Model T.
> >>>
> >>> It is clear that the ROM is 128KB, and I think it is also clear that
> >>> without some custom solution, one can't make a replacement main rom
> >>> for the 8300 easily.  At best you might be able to program a 27C1001,
> >>> and then do a custom adapter board.
> >>>
> >>> A normal eeprom needs both a chip select and an output enable, so
> >>> some extra logic might be needed too.
> >
> 
> 

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