Rom Needed IIvi

[WillJac]

After many days work and a hunch that the rom on the IIvi is bad, I can confirm it is. I removed it and took the rom from a working board and soldered it on the non-working board and guess what? Booted up and worked fine.

Now I am in the hunt for a IIvi, IIvx or P600 rom to save this IIvi. If you have any of these boards as a donor, dead board, bombed or anything else and are willing to part with it or the rom, please let me know.

if anyone has the info on making your own or any other suggestions, please let me know.

thanks much.

 

[Phipli]

Does the machine have a ROM SIMM socket present?

 

[WillJac]

Does the machine have a ROM SIMM socket present?

No, the vi has the space for it but it is not installed. I have installed one tried the stock BMOW rominator but won’t boot. I doubt the stock rominator will work as their is big difference in that rom to the vi rom.

 

[Phipli]

No, the vi has the space for it but it is not installed. I have installed one tried the stock BMOW rominator but won’t boot. I doubt the stock rominator will work as their is big difference in that rom to the vi rom.

It is possible to reprogram the rominator with a IIvi ROM though.

 

[WillJac]

It is possible to reprogram the rominator with a IIvi ROM though.

I had that same thought as the rom chips are big enough, but I don’t have the ability to reprogram it. I don’t have the simm programmer. Not sure if bmow will do it for me or someone who has the programmer.

 

[Phipli]

I had that same thought as the rom chips are big enough, but I don’t have the ability to reprogram it. I don’t have the simm programmer. Not sure if bmow will do it for me or someone who has the programmer.

Sadly I've misplaced mine - I've spent hours searching, but someone might be able to here? Might be worth asking in a new thread so people see the thread title?