Re: Andromeda programmer

> Yeah! I got the same line when I was buying the thing, about how much
> better there software was the Needham's! It has nothing to do with how
> long you used Needham's, Andromeda software sucks! It was obviously not
> written by someone who writes software for a living.
>
> (Should I be asking you for the newest version? I can't remember the
> version of the software I have.)

Seems like I've got version 5 (just from memory, I bought mine a year or so
ago).

> I also bought the bipolar adapter. It's basically a stand alone bipolar
> programmer that is controlled through the address/data lines of the
> programmer (don't attempt to build one of these, just buy the thing!)
> It works, and for as often as one really needs to burn these old parts,
> it works fine. The jumpers are a pain, but I found some headers at a
> surplus shop that allowed me to place them all on one header. Not too
> bad.

I've been building using a couple of machine sockets tied together. It
should be pointed out that while the bipolar board will burn just about
anything sometimes the voltages have to be adjusted. And they thoughtfully
provided pots and test points to do it (but you need a vom to do the adjust)..

Aside from having to build my own headers I've been very happy with it as a
bipolar burner (I still use my emp-20 for most eproms).. One cool feature
of the software is the ability to convert from 1 bit/byte when reading the
prom to a 8 bit/byte packed format (it converts either way).

Wasn't the bipolar adapter like ~$100 or so? Well worth it.

Kurt
Received on Wed Nov 26 12:38:05 1997