Can you take the romulator and plug it into a custom chip and read whats programed on that chip?

Dont think so..... You need to put it into a programmer. Or you could use CM software to download your bin through ALDL, never tried it but I've seen it in the meny of CM software....

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No.
You need to use something like a Pocket Programmer.

You'll do better starting with a known good stock .bin file.

hmm darn, see I spent $300 for a custom chip but i also have the romulator The chip needs just a little adjusting but i cant read it

You've obviously gotten the only one in the known universe that needs, just a little adjusting.

You got stung, IMO, for $300 it ought to be perfect when for that much you can buy all the equipment and do all of them you want.

Sadly, folks sell a few chips, and then think their experts when they haven't more then 1-2 clues about what they're doing.

Not to mention the Romulator is meant for Developement work, meaning once your done for a while, you should burn a chip. And a while is hours, not days, or overnight, IMO. And I'd beat a call to Xtronics gets about the same answer.