Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: weird chips needed Message-ID: <36688@cup.portal.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 06:38:16 GMT References: <10526@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 3 Doesn't the 8089 have on-chip ROM or EPROM? If so, you can only use the specific version from the manufacturer, not a blank picked up at a hobby shop.