Semi-OT: EPROM/PROM/PAL/.. programmer recommendations

At 12:22 31-08-2000 -0600, you wrote: "Best" is a highly relative term. How much do you want to spend? How complex a device do you want to be able to program? I got lucky a few years ago when I got a Data I/O 'UniSite' system. They're great units, but upkeep (software updates) are hideously expensive (around $1,200/year). That's why I always made it a point to leach a copy off friends who had access to similar systems at work. The UniSite will program back to the 2716, and just about anything that is programmable these days. It's pin-driven, so getting it to program something new is a simple (for Data I/O's programmers) matter of writing a new algorithm. For more hobbyist-friendly (read: much less expensive to maintain) units, I've heard good things about Needham's and American Reliance. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "Our science can only describe an object, event, or living thing in our own human terms. It cannot, in any way, define any of them..."