Re: Recommended EPROM programmer

The 29B was very nice in 1986 when I started using it. It's still a good
unit, but if going the dataio route, I'd consider a 2900 or 3900, if you
can find one at a reasonable price. If space is no object, the Unisite is
the way to go. These all do, all of the old parts, including 2708s and PROMs.

I've also used the Needhams EMP-20 & 30 series (parallel and USB respectively).
They're very small, work with modern OSes, and handle the latest parts.
However, they don't do parts with negative voltages (2708/TMS2716), nor do
they handle high current parts (PROMs).

An EMP and a 29B make a good combo.

The 2900/3900 stand well by themselves (just make sure you get the s/w with it).

My 2 cents...
-Mark

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 02:19:26PM -0400, big dog wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would go with the DATA I/0 29B unless I was worried about burning
> larger eproms and gals, it does all the brands of the old stuff, not
> just the expensive TI and signectics brand proms.
>
> Mark Capps
>
> peter jones wrote:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: "Jeff Hendrix" <jeffhendrix@gmail.com>
> >To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> >Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:04:44 -0600
> >Subject: VECTOR: Recommended EPROM programmer
> >
> >
> >
> >>This is kind of vector related (our vector games do have eproms in them).
> >>Can anybody recommend a good eprom programmer that will work with current
> >>OSes?
> >>I have a really old programmer that uses an ISA card and runs under DOS. I'd
> >>like to find something that I can use with my current desktop machines, it
> >>has serial and parallel ports (as well as USB and firewire)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >probably the XP series from Dataman & advantec,
> >but the software only runs on wincrap.
> >
> >infact afaik nobody makes a programmer that will run on anything else :(
> >
> >whatever you choose, make sure it handles bproms and pals/gals
> >
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