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SiriusHardware · 26th Jun 2019, 8:34 pm

If you remember, the 'supported device' list that I pointed you to also said that the Motorola devices needed the M1 (B side). So maybe this is just an error in the text description of the device on the software, telling you to use the M1A module when it should be M1B.

Looking at your first picture, which side of the module do you think you have inserted in that image, A or B? Going by the convention of the EMP-20 whichever label is at the bottom right corner in that picture is the currently inserted side, so in your picture, you have it inserted as M1A.

For future reference, the forum downsizes uploaded images quite fiercely, so if you post any more screen shots try to get the screen to fill the whole image. Even if I save the images you posted in #90 and load them into some other file viewer, it's nearly impossible to read the on screen text.

The strong point on those EMP programmers - the personality modules, which allow them to support a very large range of device layouts - is also the weak point because with constant handling, insertion and removal the contacts on the edge can get very dirty or tarnished. Conversely, if they don't get used, they tarnish. Yours look clean, but it might be worth giving the edge contacts a gentle wipe with some sort of contact cleaner.

26th Jun 2019, 8:34 pm	#91
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,560	Re: ICE Speedmaster 1000 Eprom programmer If you remember, the 'supported device' list that I pointed you to also said that the Motorola devices needed the M1 (B side). So maybe this is just an error in the text description of the device on the software, telling you to use the M1A module when it should be M1B. Looking at your first picture, which side of the module do you think you have inserted in that image, A or B? Going by the convention of the EMP-20 whichever label is at the bottom right corner in that picture is the currently inserted side, so in your picture, you have it inserted as M1A. For future reference, the forum downsizes uploaded images quite fiercely, so if you post any more screen shots try to get the screen to fill the whole image. Even if I save the images you posted in #90 and load them into some other file viewer, it's nearly impossible to read the on screen text. The strong point on those EMP programmers - the personality modules, which allow them to support a very large range of device layouts - is also the weak point because with constant handling, insertion and removal the contacts on the edge can get very dirty or tarnished. Conversely, if they don't get used, they tarnish. Yours look clean, but it might be worth giving the edge contacts a gentle wipe with some sort of contact cleaner.