David Wilson wrote:
> On Mar 6, 5:57 am, Steven Hirsch  wrote:
>> So, onward and upward.  Does anyone have experience with Andromeda Research
>> device programmers?  This is a reasonably inexpensive unit ($290)
that claims
>> to support just about everything you could hope for.  Even better, they make
>> the bare boards for the various adapter modules available at dirt cheap
>> prices, along with a parts list if you want to build your own (example: the
>> 74S bipolar module is normally $139 - board is $39 and uses parts I have in
>> the bin here).
> 
> That is the programmer I use - no problems so far with 2716-27512 and
> 29F040 devices. I have not used any adapter boards with it.
> 
> About the only problem I foresee is the loss of parallel ports on new
> PCs making it more difficult to use.

Agreed, but I use a junker PC for my bench machine anyway.  A 10 year old P3 
does a fine job for this application.

I'm going to order the Andromeda unit and try to sell the Advin off.
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