[rescue] EPROM lifespans and archiving (WAS something else)

[David Griffith]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011, Ian Finder wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
>> In article
> <CAHQ+QWAM+cU+8N-jRHuYAP97udO-QK62v8v3=LExNNx387rywA at mail.gmail.com>,
>>    Ian Finder <ian.finder at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Well, it seems like a legitimate thing to do. Buy an eeprom
>>> programmer [...]
>>
>> Because many PROMs come in different pin and schematic configurations,
>> another alternative is to use an Arduino to homebrew a circuit to read
>> out the contents.
> Well I bought a Conitec Galep-4 a few weeks ago so I should be set for
> even the worst :P

Nice!  It works with Linux and costs a little more than half of the 
Batronix one I was looking at last week.


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