MPF-1P

Microprofessor MPF-1P

I recently bought an MPF-1P, which is an old Z80 training board. The one I got was in a bit of a state. The crystal had been removed, as had the processor. There were no ROMs and the 7805 regulator had also gone. The display power supply wasn't working as a transistor had blown.
These old bits of kit are very fixable, as the schematics are findable, and the PCB is all through hole technology.
I had all the parts I needed to fix the MPF in my parts bins, and got to the stage where the display had a scanning across all the digits. When the reset key was pressed the scanning stopped. I had found a ROM image online, but it had 'BAD DUMP' next to it, which was suspicious. I put out some feelers via email and on a forum (EEVBlog) and within about 5 hours I had a reply that listed a site which had many images and files. One programmed 2764 later and the MPF is alive:

I have some other images I'm going to try, but unfortunately I found that my old EPROM eraser no longer erases. I think the bulb has gone. As it's cheaper to get a new eraser from China than buy a new bulb (if I can foind one), I've ordered a new eraser. It'll arrive in about four weeks I'd think, so things are on hold for a while.

After this success, I thought the keyboard deserved a clean: