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Thanks to f205v we ordered an Out Run Deluxe Rev.B set but it turned out to be regular old Out Run. We got it fairly cheap though and will dump the pals and resell.

http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/outrun-pcb1.jpg
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http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/outrun-pcb3.jpg

With some help from Jred I upgraded to a BP Micro 1400 programmer. I got an extremely good deal on it because it wasn't fully tested (drops the auction value significantly) but I've been testing it and it works perfectly. I will be able to sell my old programmer for more than I paid for this one. You might not be able to tell from the pic but it's enormous, 1 foot wide.

http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/1400.jpg

We got a Knights of Valour cart. I wasn't really sure if it was an undumped version or not but 95% of the KOV dumps we have still need their protection read so didn't have much to lose buying it. It turns out it's kovplusa. It uses an IGS 027 chip, not 027A as it's currently marked in the source.

http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/kov10chr-cart.jpg
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http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/kov10chr-bottom.jpg
http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/kov10chr-27.jpg
http://smitdogg.mameworld.info/pics/kov10chr-pal.jpg

Guru dumped Puyo Puyo DA!, as mentioned on Belmont's page, and the cart version of Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon. Phil B. has been working on Arabian which used an MCU that was similar to or possibly identical to the one used in Banbam. ogoun decapped the Arabian MCU but hasn't made pictures yet to compare. There should be a pic of the VLM5030's ROM online soon for people to type up.

Tom has dumped the hard drive for Offroad Thunder and hopefully will get us the boot rom (or whatever it used, I've never seen high res pics of the motherboard) soon. He's also dumping a bunch of Type X/X2 hard drives. Other than that I've been working on getting some cheap boards for pal dumps and decaps. Oh and the latest Japan deal is just about wrapped up so maybe we'll see those boards in a couple of weeks.