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

From: Richard Erlacher <richard_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Sep 3 11:57:25 2000

Lack of a box should never stop you! I've hung power supply on one nail and
motherboard on another and run 'em that way while trying to figure out
appropriate packaging.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 6:50 AM
Subject: RE: Semi-OT: EPROM/PROM/PAL/.. programmer recommendations


> > For my money it is the Needham's EMP-20, nearly on topic
> > since they were introduced in 1993 :-)
>
> Yup, ditto that, nice unit...
>
> > 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.
>
> For a while, I had mine in my 160MHz 486 box (overclocked AMD5x86-133),
> which dual-boots between DOS/WfW311 and Win95Retail, then moved it to a
> DOS 5 machine that also hosts Linux on UMDOS partitions.
>
> Now it's in a pure DOS-only machine, running open-air (desktop box, no
> cover).
>
> -dq
>
>
Received on Sun Sep 03 2000 - 11:57:25 BST