Re: Recommended EPROM programmer

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 11:08:20PM -0400, big dog wrote:
>
> Do they do all the old proms, are just the TI and Signectics brands.

Depends what you mean by "they". All of the dataio programmers do all PROMs,
although Signetics proms have been "hidden" under Phillips, since the
acquisition in the late '80s / early '90s.

As a general rule, the dataio does _all_ parts that were current at the
time your s/w release was made. Then again, that's what you get for spending
a lot of money. IIRC, our Unisite was >$30K new. I picked mine up for <$100
at a flea market.

The EMPs don't do any PROMs.

> Mark Capps

-Mark

>
> Mark Shostak wrote:
>
> >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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Received on Mon Sep 11 23:22:29 2006