Re: Advin: A vendor to avoid

[David Wilson <mcs6502@gmail.com>]

On Mar 6, 5:57 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> 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.