6 Jun
2008
6 Jun
'08
1:59 p.m.
I love to insert my worthless 2 cents. Do a search on
Amazon for "eprom experimenter's". The first on the
list is a book I myself own. It describes the
construction of some extremely rudimentary burners
(dubbed the "bit banger", and I think the "bit banger
Mark II" and such). I'm not sure how big an eprom you
can burn with any of those it describes, but it's
probably worth a look @ 1.65$.
The next book on the list seems interesting, though I
have no experience with it. It showed up on the list,
so I would assume there's an eprom programmer therein,
but you should check before purchasing it.
I should think this group could come up with an
official project to fulfill the needs of the numerous
passer-bys...
--- Seth Morabito <sethm at loomcom.com> wrote:
Hey folks,
I'd like to get some advice on getting a
general-purpose (E)PROM
burner. I've never burned a PROM in my life, but as
I get more into
digital design and home-brewing logic, I'm finding
myself wishing I
had access to a burner. I am a helpless newbie on
this front, so
perhaps someone can show me the light.
I'd ideally like to be able to dump and burn PROMs,
EPROMs, and PALs
of various flavors. Bonus points would be GAL and
CPLD programming
capability, but I don't know how common it is to
find both of those in
the same box. Is it? Or is programmable logic
typically handled by a
totally different device?
Availability is important -- I'd prefer to find one
I can buy soon
rather than waiting for just the right one to show
up on eBay.
And yes, just to prove that this is more or less on
topic: I have
been given a box of early 80s EPROMs I would like to
try to get dumps
of!
Thanks much,
-Seth