Semi-OT: EPROM/PROM/PAL/.. programmer recommendations

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Aug 31 13:55:19 2000

For my money it is the Needham's EMP-20, nearly on topic since they were
introduced in 1993 :-)

Its a parallel port based device and their software programs a _LOT_ of
devices. Further with just the base unit you can program a lot of stuff.
With three "personality" cards you can program every PIC made and nearly
every ATMEL part made. There personality cards cleverly use the SIMM socket
as a means for re-routing power/signals to the socket that can accommodate
narrow or wide parts up to 64 pins. I also bought the 68 pin PLCC adapter
to program 68HC11's. The "downside" is that their software continues to be
DOS based and so my DOS PC continues its life on my workbench as primarily
a tool for operating such things. (I also picked up a surplus two channel
digital oscilliscope card for it at one point so that gets used now and
then (b/w is 15Mhz though :-()

--Chuck

At 12:22 PM 8/31/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Because we are a little OT anyway, I like to take the chance and ask ;-)
>
>What is the " best" programmer, one can buy this days ?
>
>I like to program the old (2716, ...) and the new stuff.
>(EPROM/PALs/FLASH/...)
>
>cheers & thanks,
>emanuel
Received on Thu Aug 31 2000 - 13:55:19 BST