Jon wrote...
I can do them with the Data I/O 29B and UniPak 2B. Some of the other UniPaks 
can handle them too. They are one of those devices that most of the newer 
commercial programmers can't do. I wouldn't call the Data I/O really 
affordable, though.
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Same, I use a data i/o 29B for these. Jon is right, the 29B seems to have held 
significant value $-wise still on ebay. But you can find a reasonable deal once 
in a while.

And....
Watch out buying blanks on eBay, they're often pulls and are actually already 
programmed. Also the yield was not 100% even back in the day, apparently, so 
buy several to ensure you do get a good one.
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I gave up trying to find any quantities of the 3 or 4 different bipolar proms 
used for the HP 2100/21MX line on ebay. I had significant luck contacting 
arcade game repair houses, and got a reasonable quantity of most all the 
flavors I needed. I checked back a couple years ago and all the usual arcade 
places no longer had them ☹

I do believe I saw a writeup on the web somewhere where someone took a 
different chip and programmed it to act like a (now) rare bipolar prom. I don't 
recall how successful it was - I'd imagine the speed of the bipolars would be 
an issue, plus ISTR height was an issue too (new chip was on a carrier of 
sorts, creating headroom issues on some systems).

J


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