A very long time ago I reversed engineered the CWID 70 stupid prom thing and made one with my call. I had the manual, a prom burner and a lot of time to kill.It is a very similar design to the one in the 70's or early 80's Amateur Radio Handbook. I have the manual somewhere if the Repeater-Builder folks want it for a scan. Chris N9LLO In a message dated 5/19/2008 12:56:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: "David" <n1roa@> wrote: : Well, : I have been in touch with gamecountry.: I have been in touch w : for $20.00 but they cannot offer nor do they have anyone that : can offer a new prom. Hi David, I was dealing with the "Manual" portion of your post first. Now let's talk real world... Relative to other options most everyone will have a fairly hard time trying to deal with obtaining replacment bipolar (aka bi-polar) prom chips. It's simply not cost viable to support them although I do know one prom based cw ider mfgr (Autocode) who still support replacement proms ONLY for their products. Some of the Repeater Builder Group members can provide bipolar proms, programming, information and alternatives. There are a number of after-market daughter board options to retrofit an Eprom into and orignal prom location. You would need to locate a method to program the replacment eprom. Probably the most practical option for most people who want to keep the original circuit in operation. I actually have a bipolar prom programmer but right now it's not easily on-line operational, nor do I expect to place it back in service for another few months. Sometime in the future I might be happy to help you go the prom route but there are practical limits when a replacement re-programmable cw id unit costs only about $25 delivered. : Second, Repeater-builder site does not have any info on anything : from them except refereing me to gamecountry.: from th Finding Data Signal as Gamecountry.Finding Data Signal as Gamecountry. able to find the manual for my rts-25, which was enough for my needs. : Third, I am a member of repeater builder and that would be why : I submitted the post for anyone who had access to the info and : / or programming. So thanks for the advice but I have gone all : the routes you have said and here I am, still have no programming : capabilities available, and even if I paid the $20 for the : manual, its pointless without a n prom for the unit. Well... I and some of the other group members look at prom based cw ider's as something worth spending time on/with only if you have the burn and the extra available time to make it work for your needs. Compared to circuits like the "ID O'Matic"... (programmable cw id unit/kit) Now a'days it's not cost effective or practical to deal with prom ider's but they can still be made to work. I still deal with them in self contained Spectrum Repeater (and Spectrum will sill provide them for $50 each chip) Controllers for my own retrofit work... So make the call for yourself... do you want to learn something, spend the time and probably a bit more money versus going the ID O'Matic route? A bipolar prom based cw id unit can still be used if you really want to go there. cheers, skipp > "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are two or three practical ways to source out Data Signal - > Albany GA manuals and information. > > First, I would instruct people to search the Repeater-Builder web > site. Scans of some of the more common Data Signal Products have > been made and dontated / sent in by various folks. > > The second option... post a want here on the Yahoo Repeater Builder > Group. Sometimes people have archived manuals and would be able to > provide the requested information by typical pdf, jpg/gif scan or > photocopy. > > Third... Data Signal is still in business but not doing much in > the way of their former Land Mobile Radio Product line. In fact > it's quite amazing how they were smart enough to morph into another > complete product line aka business model. You can find them at > www.gamecountry. www > > I called them to inquire about a Rural Telephone RTS 25 unit I > bought off Ebay a month back. Much to my surprise they were > able to find and SELL me (not give away free) a photo copy of > the original manual, of which I was more than happy to pay for. > > So... try options one and two if you're looking for a possible > free manual. The contact Game Country "third option" does work but > do keep in mind they are a business and a copy of a Data Signal > Manual will probably cost you at least $20. > > cheers, > s. > www.radiowrench. > > > > "David" <n1roa@> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I have a nice working Data Signal, Inc CWID-70. I cannot > > find anything online at all about Data Signal, Inc never > > mind finding any manual for the CWID-70. Anyone have any > > info on this unit. Need to find out the pinout for the 25 > > connectors on the back and about programming. > > Thanks > > David > > > **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)
