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E-Mu Flash ROMS

2006-04-29 by steve_the_composer

While researching E-Mu Flas ROMS I ran across the following (from 
2005) on another board.  Does anyone know anything about this?  
Thanks. --Steve

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I have a ROM for the E-mu Proteus architecture that is marked" 32BM 
SOUND FLASH SOUND ROM." It has E-mu's Composer sound set on it,  but 
I'd rather treat it as a flash ROM,  if that's what it really is.  

What I've heard is that E-mu used to sometimes burn a ROM onto a flash 
ROM when their ordinary stock was out.  However,  I've also heard that 
they had some kind of copy protection scheme they put on those ROMs so 
they couldn't be overwritten, and which could screw up the chip if you 
tried.

Does anyone know anything about this?  How could I tell if this is a
rewritable flash ROM?

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