[sdiy] Recommend an EPROM programmer?

[Cary Roberts]

>Yeah, lots of good options so far. I have used Xeltek before. One was
>great, one blew up. I think that web page is probably out of date.

I've never encountered any issues with the Xeltek 580U or 5000E.  Xeltek
seems like a solid company that will be around for the duration.  This is
important when investing $800 or more in a programmer.

>We have an Elnec at work, no idea how we got it as they don't sell in the
>US. The ISP port on the side is a nice touch.

They're distributed by Dataman in the US.  I have a SmartProg2 that I
snagged on ebay for a good price.  It performs well and programs very
quickly.  Especially handy when burning 4mbit and other large devices.  The
Elnec devices are FPGA based and are significantly faster than the older
microprocessor based programmer I have.

-Cary