26 Jul
2005
26 Jul
'05
10:44 p.m.
Bruce wrote...
> I almost forgot to mention... All the Data I/O
programmers I mentioned
> in my last note have a distinct advantage over many others: They will
> work with nothing more than a 'dumb' ASCII terminal attached to their
> serial port for control.
Yes, but the 29B does not REQUIRE a terminal.
But how would you then get the image to be programmed
into the box? Does
it support something like XMODEM/YMODEM/ZMODEM/Kermit on the terminal
port, or is an ASCII terminal not really sufficient, i.e., maybe they
can only use a terminal to control mass duplication, but initialing image
loading still requires a Losedows box?
Well, the obvious way. Put an original chip
in the machine and hit the read
button :) The other way... enter via front panel. The other other way - hook
up a computer and send the image to the ram in the 29B. The protocol is not
difficult at all. It's not Xmodem, but... easy nontheless.
Jay