DATA I/O 201, ESTA ES1346, any info?

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I'm looking to get a good eprom programmer that will do older chips like 2732s for atari games as well as arcade boards. I can get a DATA I/O 201 or a ESTA ES1346 for a pretty decent price
http://i36.tinypic.com/2llmt6v.jpg - Data I/O 201
http://i36.tinypic.com/6ens3s.jpg - Esta(Mainly interested in this due to it being a gang programmer)

I've found some info on the Data I/O 201 but none on the esta. I'm wondering if either requires an ISA card or specific software.

The seller of the Data I/O was able to tell me:
here a place where you can use one of their software made for i/o 201: http://home.myfairpo...vt/promlink.htm or this one that i use with it: http://www.dataio.com/products/default.asp?id=16&p=2"
Here the device list for model 201: http://home.myfairpo...s_vt/MOD201.PDF



I've also seen some data genie express HT-14 programmers but have found absolutely nothing information wise on them besides this similar looking device http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture2/leap/lea3.html.

Then the info on the back of the programmer:
http://www.datazap.net/sites/2396/03-09-10-413-P1490469.JPG
http://www.datazap.net/sites/2396/03-09-10-415-P1490471.JPG


Thanks
 
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Yes, you need the ISA card.

All MCT/MEP programmers need the ISA card.

...but It's the same card for all programmers so one card
will work with any programmer

It's identified as SAC-101 (older) or SAC-201 (newer).

Be careful when you buy these programmers on-line
as most will NOT come with the card.

Good luck.

Steph
 
Yes, you need the ISA card.

All MCT/MEP programmers need the ISA card.

...but It's the same card for all programmers so one card
will work with any programmer

It's identified as SAC-101 (older) or SAC-201 (newer).

Be careful when you buy these programmers on-line
as most will NOT come with the card.

Good luck.

Steph


Ah thanks, yes I've noticed that most of these come from "estate sales" or out of business store sell-offs and the seller has no idea what they are selling.
 
Ah thanks, yes I've noticed that most of these come from "estate sales" or out of business store sell-offs and the seller has no idea what they are selling.

Worse yet, the cable is a standard 25-pin serial cable
so most people would think it connects into the serial port
and would never think to take the ISA card out
when they changed PC's.

I bet there are a lot of old PC's with orphaned ISA cards
sitting in dumps all over the place... ;-)

Steph
 
Well one of my friends on another forum came through, he's shipping me a EP-1 for no cost(shipping or otherwise). I'm looking forward to getting it, though it would be nice if I could find a supported device list or manual as I've already found software.
 
All MCT/MEP programmers need the ISA card.

...but It's the same card for all programmers so one card will work with any programmer

It's identified as SAC-101 (older) or SAC-201 (newer).

Be careful when you buy these programmers on-line as most will NOT come with the card.

Good luck.

Steph

I currently use a Chipmaster 2000 (aka Allmax) unit and a parallel port (although I have a card for the card-based version of the Allmax somewhere), but I always wanted to get these going for historical purposes.

You sound familiar with the MCT programmers sold by JDR back in the day. (MOD-MEP, MOD-EMEP, etc)

Are all the programmers compatible with both versions of the ISA card? Out of this line of programmers, I've got a 1-socket, 4-socket, and 16-socket unit that appear to be of the same, or similar vintage, and I think I have a card and a disk kicking around here somewhere. Sounds like a good weekend project...
 
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