Shooter EPROM Burner?

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What's the deal with these? Are they any good?

My Willem FINALLY "crapped out" on me... ... by crapped out, I mean ruined 3 2532 EPROMs in a row and I took a hammer to it. (justified killing IMO)

I can't find much information on these guys.

Can I get the software for it still, will it run on Windows 98 (or better yet WINE in Linux). Do I need some ancient card in my computer to make it work? etc etc.

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Have a look here... At least the company still has their site.

http://www.logicaldevices.com/

Edit: Looks like they sell the software and manual for that thing still

http://www.logicaldevices.com/older_products2.htm said:
User Manual Available $25.00 , Service Manual Available $25.00 , Software Prolink Available $25.00 All: $59.00
 
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wait on a data i/o 29. well worth the money. i paid less for mine than i paid for a willem.
 
wait on a data i/o 29. well worth the money. i paid less for mine than i paid for a willem.

I can't really wait... I have to get some EPROMs burnt ASAP, and I can either snag up that Shooter or a Data I/O 201.

The shooter comes with everything (except the software I think) and the Data I/O is just the unit itself.
 
well, my experience with unknowns has been sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.
Another goodie for older stuff is the BP micro ep-1140 -

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120405798653 . They're way out of line on their price- its more like a 50 buck programmer.
My luck with the willem's has been bad. I've owned 3 i think. I think the data i/o is the way to go. It programs pretty much anything you can throw at it, including whatever proms you may need.
I have a top2004 as well. It worked ok for awhile, then quit working for the older stuff. Not sure why, but i've had that problem with several different programmers. Funny thing is, they'll program anything newer, or thats a C model eprom fine.
 
I can't really use anything like that BP-10, thank you though.

I need something where I can move it back and forth between home and the arcade.

I'll just have to hold out for something better and in my price range I guess.
 
I'd go for the PB-10. Best. Programmer. Ever. I love mine, and use the heck out of it. The software is easy to use and well written, it's fast and reliable. I even managed to rig up an adapter so I can program 16 bit EPROMs.

-Ian
 
I'd go for the PB-10. Best. Programmer. Ever. I love mine, and use the heck out of it. The software is easy to use and well written, it's fast and reliable. I even managed to rig up an adapter so I can program 16 bit EPROMs.

-Ian

IF you have an ISA slot... I don't.
 
I have a Needham's Electronics EMP20 for sale. Very nice but it doesn't do 3V logic, so I upgraded. Requires Windows (I use XP) and a parallel port. Software, manual, and family modules included for $50 + shipping.

If it'll handle 2532's either straight of via an adapter as a 2732, and does them steadily and gives solid results... I'll take it.

If that's the case, just PM me your paypal and the money will be on it's way.

Shipping to 37143.
 
I've never used it for 2532 but they're in the device list. I have used it mostly for 27xxx. But I've also done GAL/PAL, and a few CPLDs in the past. Everything has been quick and easy. I would assume the 2532 would be just as nice. This thing is very easy to use. And setup is pretty easy too. I'll check shipping and get back to you.
 
I've never used it for 2532 but they're in the device list. I have used it mostly for 27xxx. But I've also done GAL/PAL, and a few CPLDs in the past. Everything has been quick and easy. I would assume the 2532 would be just as nice. This thing is very easy to use. And setup is pretty easy too. I'll check shipping and get back to you.

Thank you, much!
 

In answer to your original question, there are far better devices out there, but the Shooter is a standalone unit - you can control it with a serial port and a dumb terminal, or just use the buttons on the unit itself to copy known good EPROMs... which won't necessarily help you if all you have is a bad EPROM and a hex file.

But all of this talk reminds me that I've picked up a few orphaned device programmers in my day, and the Shooter's one I'd really like to get up and running, just for historical purposes.

Those little plug-in configuration modules (the CNF module) to control voltage and chip type were missing when I picked up my Shooter. I'd be willing to bet they're just little sets of jumpers - but I don't think anyone's ever actually documented how they work.

If anyone who still has a Shooter could document which pins are jumpered to which other pins in order to select 12.5V/21V/25V, 25xx vs 27xx, and so on, it'd be much appreciated.

(My daily driver is a Chipmaster 2000, aka a rebadged Allmax, running off a smallish form-factor DOS PC that boots from an old CF card and a CF/IDE adaptor. The Allmax also does bipolar PROMs, which was my main motivation for choosing it. The Shooter is retrocomputing project #1. EPROM-related retro project #2 is a JDR mep-16 - yep, they actually made a 16-EPROM gang burner.)
 
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