Re: Does your Plymouth/Chrysler transmission shudder?

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From: Michael Covington
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 00:00

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Ian McGrath (imcgrath@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
: Patrick Coghlan (bn207@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
: 
: :>I recently had to fork out almost $600 to replace a transmission
: :>controller module which from what I understand was working fine
: :>from a hardware point of view but had a software bug and the
: :>read-only memory (PROM) could not be reprogrammed.  The switchover
: :>to programmable modules started around 1993 so vehicles bought
: :>after that time can probably be fixed for very little cost.
: 
:    Hi Pat.  I'm not knowledgeable about cars, but PROM is an acronym for
: PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY.  It should be no problem to re-program it
: with the proper equipment.  I assume you took it to a Chrysler dealer?

Not all PROMs are erasable.  In fact, most aren't.  Only EPROMs and EEPROMs
are erasable... And it may not be socketed either.  I have no idea what
Chrysler used in this particular gadget...

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From: mcovingt@ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
Subject: Re: Does your Plymouth/Chrysler transmission shudder?
Date: 1996/12/27
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