[sdiy] Using 16V8's and 22V10's and the like

[Amos]

The ALLPRO 88 is one of those "no hobbyist can justify buying" amazing
do-it-all programmers, but it was discontinued by the manufacturer
some ten years ago.  My shop still runs one on a hot-rodded 486 that
is almost 20 years old; the programmer runs "in win98" if you quit to
DOS mode.  I mention this because it's worth checking office surplus
and salvage in case one ever turns up.  I've called the manufacturer
within the last month with a technical question and they were still
willing to talk to me. :-)

Cheers,

Amos

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Colin Hinz <asfi at eol.ca> wrote:
> When implementing small amounts of assorted logic, whether it be "glue"
> or small state machines, nothing's as compact as a Programmable Logic
> Device (PLD) such as a 16V8 or 22V10. Ok, I'll admit that I'm a bit
> biased by the fact that I'm probably sitting on a binary tonne of the
> parts in question....
>
> Trouble is, my access to suitable programmers has completely dried
> up, and there seems to be an enormous price gap between the cheap
> and really sketchy mystery programmers that pop up on eBay, and the
> "our programming algorithms are for real" professional-grade machines
> that no sane hobbyist can justify buying.
>
> I'm not looking for a hugely versatile programmer that can accomodate
> every DIP/PLCC PLD known to mankind. I just want to do the most
> popular types of PAL/GAL chips, though if I can do EPROMs and FLASH
> as well that would be gravy.
>
> Anyone got any recommendations? I'm OK with used gear, provided it
> comes with software that'll run on a Win98 (or newer) PC, although I
> confess I'd make an exception for an Apple ][+ peripheral :-)
>
> - Colin
>
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