5 Jun
2008
5 Jun
'08
5:33 p.m.
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
5 Jun
5 Jun
6:03 p.m.
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 05:33:59PM -0700, Seth Morabito 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.
Gosh those are easy to write with a SBC. If you had a KIM/AIM
or even an Apple ][ lying about. The big commercial ones (e.g. dataio)
are pretty pricey but can burn everything.
http://www.atarimagazines.com/v4n8/EPROMBurner.html 1985!
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
...
Shouldn't be hard to find a commercial one.
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!
I do hope the windows were well sealed, they self erase from uv
especially from fluorescents. You may well have a lot of bitrot.
- Diane
--
- db at FreeBSD.org db at db.net http://www.db.net/~db
6:05 p.m.
Seth wrote:
I'd like to get some advice on getting a
general-purpose (E)PROM
burner.
[for EPROMs, PROMs, PALs, GALs, CPLDs]
The "Swiss army knife" of device programmers would be the Data I/O
Unisite, 2900, 3900, or 3980. Used ones show up on eBay, but usually
without the software, and often the seller isn't able to test them.
(Sellers often describe the status of the self-test indicator, but
that's not really good enough.)
You're back in the SF bay area, right? Email me off-list and we'll
discuss some options. If you need those EPROMs read soon, I could
lend you a programmer, or you could bring them by and I'll read them
for you. Either way, that would let you worry about buying a programmer
at leisure rather than rushing into it.
Eric
11:51 p.m.
On Thursday 05 June 2008 18:05, Eric Smith wrote:
Seth wrote:
I'll second Eric's suggestions. I've got two 3980's and love 'em. I
picked one
up at an auction for $50 (with many plugins) and another for $200 in a
private sale. As Erik said, be sure to get the software with the programmer.
The cost from Data I/O is steep.
Lyle
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
I'd like to get some advice on getting a
general-purpose (E)PROM
burner.
[for EPROMs, PROMs, PALs, GALs, CPLDs]
The "Swiss army knife" of device programmers would be the Data I/O
Unisite, 2900, 3900, or 3980. Used ones show up on eBay, but usually
without the software, and often the seller isn't able to test them.
(Sellers often describe the status of the self-test indicator, but
that's not really good enough.) 
6 Jun
6 Jun
1:59 p.m.
I love to insert my worthless 2 cents. Do a search on
Amazon for "eprom experimenter's". The first on the
list is a book I myself own. It describes the
construction of some extremely rudimentary burners
(dubbed the "bit banger", and I think the "bit banger
Mark II" and such). I'm not sure how big an eprom you
can burn with any of those it describes, but it's
probably worth a look @ 1.65$.
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
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