Re: gEDA-user: Re: How to program PAL/GAL?

[Dave McGuire <mcguire-atMUNGEDneurotica_dot_com>]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:01 PM, Andy Peters wrote:
> We had a 2900 at my last job.  I hadn't seen one since my first job  
> out of college, where I used one to program Altera MAX7192 parts.   
> The magic adapter cost like $500 (in 1992 dollars).  The stupid  
> floppy disk on the thing kept failing for no reason, and Data I/O  
> charged boo-coo bucks to fix it.

   That's why I maintain my own equipment.  My 2900 had a dead floppy  
drive when I bought it.  I replaced it with one from the closet and  
it has worked great ever since.

> Anyways, the 2900 at the last job.  It sat on a work table, turned  
> off and collecting dust, for the entire four years of my tenure  
> there.  When the New Corporate Overlords decided to close our  
> office, it was one of the things I packed up and sent to the  
> California office, where I'm sure it's sitting in a corner,  
> collecting dust.
>
> I hope I never see one of those fscking things again.

   ...because it gave you so much trouble, sitting there collecting  
dust. ;)  I *use* mine several times per week, have for years, and it  
is 100% perfect...Every single time.

> Gimme a JTAG dongle and in-system-programmable parts any day over  
> UV-erasable ancient crap.

   So, in your world "Data I/O 2900" somehow implies "UV-erasable"  
and "ancient"?  You are making grandiose negative statements about  
something that you clearly don't know a whole lot about.  (and I'm  
not trying to sound like a prick here...just being honest)

           -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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