(E)PROM, PAL, GAL, CPLD, etc. programming

[Diane Bruce]

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
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