On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:51:23 -0600 Richard Erlacher
<richard_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> A plug in module for PALASM? What would give you that idea?
Well, as I recall, that's what written on the module :-)
> I've seen only
> one place on a model 29 for anything to plug in, and that's the programming
> site. (there are several different ones)
That's right, it's a huge plug-in module to go in the
programming site socket. It has another plug-in module on
top to accept the PALs that are being programmed.
> The data was typically fed to the
> Model 29 via a serial port, and in JEDEC form. The model 29 translated the
> jedec file into whatever signals were needed to program the device.
As I have no manual, I can't tell how this thing was
supposed to work.
> The last time I used a model 29 was in '85. They were already pretty old
> back then and wouldn't program the then new Altera parts and Lattice parts I
> was using. That was later fixed, but too late for me. I bought a cheapie
> that still works . . .
I've since acquired a Stag PPZ Universal Programmer.
6809-based machine with built-in CRT.
> Is there a feature that plugs in the intelligence to compile Palasm files
> into the JEDEC? I'd be VERY surprised to learn that.
I'll have to pop up into the loft and fetch this thing down
for a closer look (info in this e-mail is from memory).
I'll post model numbers, etc, in case anybody can identify
the module and tell me I've got it all wrong :-)
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 05:34:47 BST