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From: jbh@mibte.UUCP (James Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: EPROM programmer
Summary: Why not check little brother?
Message-ID: <2693@mibte.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 88 02:12:51 GMT
References: <13240002@hprmokg.rnd.hp> <1843@loral.UUCP>
Organization: Michigan Bell Telephone Company
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In article <1843@loral.UUCP>, dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis) writes:
> In article <13240002@hprmokg.rnd.hp> alh@hprmokg.rnd.hp (Al Harrington) writes:
> >Does anyone know if there is an EPROM programmer for the Amiga?
> 
>   I've been considering building an EPROM programmer for a several months. It
> would handle all 2716 --> 27512 devices (except the TI 3-voltage 2716), the
> Motorola 8K X 8 24-pin chips (26764? I've got some, but forget the number) plus
> any others I can find specs for. I could write a design-your-own-EPROM mode to
> program any device that even resembles an EPROM.
> 
>   Thing is, how much demand would there be for a really high-performance EPROM
> programmer at, say, $250? One with an on-board processor (6809 or 68000), 64K
> -- 
> Dave Lewis      Loral Instrumentation      San Diego    (619) 282-3341
>   ihnp4 --\   bang --\ kontron -\
>   hp-sdd --\ calmasd ->-> crash ->--> loral!dml
>   sdcrdcf -->--------> sdcsvax -/      (uucp)

Why not just build an interface to allow using a Promenade
(standard C64 EPROM burner, cost $100) via one of the Amiga
ports?  Promenades will burn most anything up to 27256 and will
do 27512's with a simple hardware mod.  I've used one for years
and swear by it.

-- 

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