Re: Eprom Programmer for Apple II?

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Alex Freed <alex_news@alexfreed.com> wrote:
> 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.

I've been using a Willem USB programmer for EPROMs, but my older model only
has a 32-bit driver, so I'm planning to upgrade to a later model. 

The software is fairly clean and GUI, so that seems fine. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon