4 Aug
2007
4 Aug
'07
2:07 p.m.
On Saturday 04 August 2007 07:51, Dave Dunfield wrote:
Speaking of running standalone, that Ciarcia programmer I mentioned in
another post apparently has such capabilities, having a single-digit LED
display and a couple of status (?) LEDs as well, plus a pushbutton or two. I
have *no* info on this mode of operating the thing, though. Anybody know
where I might find some?
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Thanks for all
the information everyone. I'm really looking into
everything now, as far as building a computer from an off the shelf CPU
such as a Z80 or 6502. One thing that has occurred to me is that I will
likely need an EPROM Burner. Where can I get such a device for a modern
PC?
The logic needed to program a modern EPROM (from 2716 onward) is pretty
simple and straight-forward. A simple EPROM programmer is another useful
and easy to build project. I have a design with software somewhere on my
commercial site - it's more than you need, with a keypad/display so that
it can run stand-alone, but you could borrow the programming algorithms
from it (or just read the data sheets) to build up a simple PC controlled
device.