On 11/22/2012 1:28 AM, Conrad wrote:
Just to let you know if you're choosing between the two cheapest multifunction ones the G540 and the TOP853 you're better off to pay the little extra and get the G540.
I have an old school parallel port EMP-11 programmer and it works great. The problem is the parallel port interface. I want to get rid of the old PC with a real PP, so I bought a PCI-E card with parallel port on it. Doesn't work with the device 'cause it is hard coded for standard LPT addresses. So I decided to try a cheap USB device and bought the G540. The only experiment was an attempt to burn an AM2764 chip. Failed miserably directly connected to a "powered" USB port. Software is also very buggy: when things go wrong it just hangs.
Bottom line is the old PC is saved from the landfill for a few more years. -Alex.