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Wanted NVRAM?
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i just ordered one of these to test from ministry of pinball (.NL).
Luke Wells or MyPinballs also do them.
Fairly pricey if you have a few pins but look to be good
http://www.ministryofpinball.com/en/anypin-nvram.html
http://www.ministryofpinball.com/en/anypin-nvram.html
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i got ten for $60 from a bloke on the facebook pinfixing page, posted from the US
i know you said the UK, but these are cheap as chips. i got my friend to post them to me from over there to save a few quid.
i know you said the UK, but these are cheap as chips. i got my friend to post them to me from over there to save a few quid.
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Hello:
I manufacture NVRAM, 6264 and 6116 compatible (universal one model config with a solder bridge).
Prices:
1 unit ----------- 19 Euros / unit
5 units ---------- 18 Euros / unit
10 units -------- 17 Euros / unit
If want the socket 28 pin, add 0.7 Euros/unit.
Freight cost to UK, 17 euros by courier with tracking number. May pay by TT or Paypal.
Hello:
I manufacture NVRAM, 6264 and 6116 compatible (universal one model config with a solder bridge).
Prices:
1 unit ----------- 19 Euros / unit
5 units ---------- 18 Euros / unit
10 units -------- 17 Euros / unit
If want the socket 28 pin, add 0.7 Euros/unit.
Freight cost to UK, 17 euros by courier with tracking number. May pay by TT or Paypal.
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How do these work, just plug and play? I guess they will only cover 6264 ram?
In a Whitestar game you just drop it in mate. Absolute doddle.
Silly question - whats the difference between these and the boards? Do they do the same job?
I guess de-solder the existing ones, stick a socket in, and pop these in and thats it?
Thanks for the hook from various people as to my products. Yes, i made a product called 'magic ram' that was developed for WPC , WPC-95 and Whitestar Games. It was a plug and play upgrade like the others available. It also has a power LED and proper turned pin connection pins, not 0.1" header ones. The run was 50 which are all sold out now.
As there are now people selling the DIP28 ramtron chips as below, its not worth or even possible to compete with these prices so doing another run isn't on the card currently.. This nos ramtron stock will dry up eventually though and you should be a little careful the chips are what they say they are and not damaged or reject stock.
Also, for all Nvram running in WPC games, bear in mind sockets do need to be installed first and that the real time clock functionality won't work correctly so if you like the date and time turned on like i do, it'll be very slow!
A remote battery holder mounted in a nice safe place is still a good cheap option in my view even after having made these replacement products.
Hope that helps anyway.
As there are now people selling the DIP28 ramtron chips as below, its not worth or even possible to compete with these prices so doing another run isn't on the card currently.. This nos ramtron stock will dry up eventually though and you should be a little careful the chips are what they say they are and not damaged or reject stock.
Also, for all Nvram running in WPC games, bear in mind sockets do need to be installed first and that the real time clock functionality won't work correctly so if you like the date and time turned on like i do, it'll be very slow!
A remote battery holder mounted in a nice safe place is still a good cheap option in my view even after having made these replacement products.
Hope that helps anyway.
There's no difference function wise. The chip is just in a different package. What happened is ramtron was bought by or taken over by cypress and the dip version was ditched so smd versions are the only version now made. The board is just an adapter nothing more
Having said that though because there is a board involved you can add extra things on like jumpers for different configs and power, status LEDs, test points etc so they are often cross platform whereas the 28 dip package isn't
Speaking of these ramtron dip 28 chips. I have some leads on sourcing some that could be lower than the £6.85 on ebay. I may be able to get them for under £5 each depending on interest, though would need to check the quality first as per all my other electronics stock and sourcing.
Let me know if this would interest you. Can be discussed at NLP if you are going. I'll be there for all 3 days on my stand
Let me know if this would interest you. Can be discussed at NLP if you are going. I'll be there for all 3 days on my stand
As above. Same chip just in a different package. There has been talk on pinside of this version supporting fewer read write cyclesthan the sad version before expiring. Also that the dip chips are older so may be reclaimed from other devices and not new.
I quite liked the fact the dip version looks like the standard version (my little ocd!)
Mypinballs is right that the sad version allows leds to be added. Some older games need older ram chips so aren't pin to pin compatible with these. The daughter board allows for the right signals to be fed to the right pin.
Be careful installing the socket. Those traces are very easy to break (ask how I know!!)
I quite liked the fact the dip version looks like the standard version (my little ocd!)
Mypinballs is right that the sad version allows leds to be added. Some older games need older ram chips so aren't pin to pin compatible with these. The daughter board allows for the right signals to be fed to the right pin.
Be careful installing the socket. Those traces are very easy to break (ask how I know!!)