Why not just plug the EPROM programmer into the parallel port on a regular computer?
-Ian
Because my main machine is an iMac and the laptop I have from work doesn't have a parallel port (which is weird because it does have a serial port, which I need all the time for work).
I e-mailed Syba (this card:
http://www.syba.com/index.php?controller=Product&action=Info&Id=551)
and they say it will work. There are even DOS drivers for it. I think the main issue is setting the port but you can do that in the Needham software too, or you can set it in the config file for DOS.
Mark, indeed most of the PCMCIA to Parallel cards I find indicate they are for printers only, but this seems to be a more complete port. The chip(set) used is MosChip.
I'm not that deep in PC hardware anymore, but how would a relatively recent parallel port on a laptop (HP Compaq nc6120 f.i.) work ? I bet there's something "in between" controlling the port today, compared to the original old PC design.
I ask this because I do have that laptop and the programmer works (at least, I have READ Eproms so far, don't have my eraser yet to try some burning....but the software finds the programmer in DOS and so seems to work. Reading goes VERY fast and flawless.
The reason why I would prefer using my "work" laptop is that the HP has a completely dead LCD screen and so always need to hook up an external monitor. ALso the case of the LCD and main body of the laptop are cracked, so I'm not going to replace the LCD....