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     I'm looking for a (relatively) low cost EPROM programmer.  I want a
serial interface because I run UNIX, and don't want to write a driver,
don't have a free slot, and do have a free port on a multiport board, and
don't want to build a custom cable to reach to my workbench.  Unfortunately
this appears to cut down on my options quite a bit.  The cheapest serial-
interface programmer I've found is one from Jameco for $300.  Are there
better deals out there?  I need to at least be able to program 27* EPROMs.
Microcontrollers, etc., or expandandability in that direction are a plus
but I can live without that capability.
     Also, the Jameco programmer has a 1200bps interface.  My impression
is that this is liable to be a bottleneck, but then the last programmer I
used was a Prolog thing whose interface was a hex keypad (with no buffer
at all... hit the wrong key, put it in the eraser and start over!)  Do the
fast-programming algorithms work faster than 60 writes/second (I think the
serial interface uses hex)?  20 minutes to program a 64K EPROM sounds slow.

	John
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John DuBois	spcecdt@deeptht.armory.com	KC6QKZ