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Offline tingoTopic starter

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Fastlane Z3 upgrade - questions?
« on: April 08, 2011, 09:15:49 PM »
I recently dusted off my Amiga 4000 and brought her back to life. :-)
(Last time it was powered up before this was in 2005.)
The A4000 has a Fastlane Z3 (z3scsi.device is version 5.1034) inside it, but the SCSI part of it hasn't been in use since I got myself a Cyberstorm PPC many years ago.
Anyway, now I have a PROM programmer (Dataman S4) and a 32-pin PLCC adapter for it, so all I need now is a chip to program, and I could upgrade the Fastlane Z3.
I have read up on all threads about the Fastlane Z3 and upgrades here, and have a couple of questions:
- is version 8.5 of the Fastlane Z3 ROM still the newest one?
- are there EEPROM chips which could be used as drop-in replacements for the 27C256 EPROM?
 
If not, I'll just go ahead and order a few EPROMs (the one currently in my Fastlane is a CY27C256-70JC).
Torfinn
 

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Re: Fastlane Z3 upgrade - questions?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 10:50:15 PM »
8.5 was the latest. Not sure about the EEPROM, but last I ordered them the 27C256 were only about $2 each from mouser. (I ended up b0rking about 10 of them trying to get my POS Willem working correctly :-/)
 

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Re: Fastlane Z3 upgrade - questions?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2011, 12:10:49 AM »
Ok, thanks. I didn't find any EEPROMs in PLCC at my "local" stores, so I guess I'll just order a few EPROMs instead.
Torfinn