Re: Can anyone identify this chip?

From: David Shoemaker <davids_at_oz.net>
Date: Thu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00:13 EST

I never ended up getting any of the attachments. And 2mb is not an issue
for me :)

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From: techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com
[mailto:techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com] On Behalf Of John Robertson
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Can anyone identify this chip?

Hi Rodger,

Please resend your attachment, I've increased the size allowance to 2000kb
(2mb) - hope that isn't a problem for anyone!

John :-#)#

On 11/19/2013 6:01 PM, Rodger Boots wrote:
> OK, here we go. Teeray nailed it. Datasheet attached, just need to
> strap pins 26 & 27 to whatever the game uses to access this part and
> read it as a 2764.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Clay Cowgill <c.cowgill@comcast.net>
wrote:
>
>> That could be an 8Kx8 EEPROM. The '2365' part is jogging a memory
>> way in the back of my brain from decades ago while making a 'flash
>> cart' for an Atari 2600 development system. ;-)
>>
>> I think the VTI part is correct-- the logo on the chip looks like:
>> http://www.xsmicro.com/parts/VTI/2365-1181/
>>
>> Maybe try reading it like a 28C64?
>>
>> I'd wager a guess that it was the same place Murata bought, but back
>> when they started out they were just making crosses for other
>> manufacturers to get a start before doing their own stuff. (So like
>> Sipex and Macronix that started off making Maxim RS232 chip copies
>> and commodity EPROMs as a way to pay for their R&D of their own stuff
>> which would eventually take over the
>> catalog.)
>>
>> -Clay
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com
>> [mailto:techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
>> Magiera
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:26 AM
>> To: Technical Tools Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Can anyone identify this chip?
>>
>> Hmmm... I can see I attached a pic, but it didn't get through. Sorry
>> about that. I have posted the pic here:
>>
>> http://www.tollianweb.com/uc/vti.jpg
>>
>> It's IC 1N from an Exidy 440 PCB (Whodunit in this case). I'd really
>> like to identify the manufacturer. I looked at several IC logo web
>> sites and nothing comes up. It's in a bank of 2764's and supposedly
>> supposed to be able to be read as a 2764, but my EETools Top Max is
unable to read it.
>> Really a mystery to me why I can't find this symbol at all (and why
>> if it is equivalant to a 2764 my reader can't read it). It's not a
>> bad chip as the game boots up and passes all self tests without any
>> complaining.
>>
>> If anyone might be able to identify what IC is on 6K on the same
>> boardset type, that would be appreciated too. On my board, it's a
>> National 74S28(x) where "x" is either a 7 or an 8, but it's overlayed
>> with an Exidy part number stamp. National 74S287 crosses to an MMI
>> 6301 (Signetics 82S129) and a 74S288 crosses to a MMI 6331 (Signetics
>> 82S123).
>>
>> Trying to dump a Whodunit ROM version that's not in MAME. Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>

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