Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!dataio!pilchuck!ssc!rolls!teemc!mibte!jbh 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 Lines: 33 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. -- Jim Harvey | "Ask not for whom the bell Michigan Bell Telephone | tolls and you will only pay 29777 Telegraph | Station-to-Station rates." Southfield, Mich. 48034 | ihnp4!mibte!jbh or try ulysses!gamma!mibte!jbh