[Yaesu] FT990 spares ROM v1.3 :)

[Mike]

Pat Barthelow wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to identify exactly which ROM-Ware one has in an FT-990?
> Can you interrogate it via serial control?   N6IJ has a privately owned FT-990
> (owned by AE0M), and has used it extensively with Rig Control Software, Writelog.
> If it has the right version of Firmware/ROMware, is the ROM a standard type of ROM, such as Intel's line of 27128 or 27256, that could be easily and safely duplicated?
> Its rig control is via standard serial port, and there is a Yaesu made box that converts voltage levels between the radio and standard + - 12 v RS 232 levels.
>   
A 'Las Vegas" power on  will reveal the ROM version. Hold the/ "1" and 
"3"// keypad buttons down at the same time that power is turned on.
73, Mike NF4L
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