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From: marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk (Marcus Bainbridge)
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Subject: Re: Which EPROM Burner to Buy?
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Paul Grems Duncan wrote:
> I have been tasked to purchase an EPROM burner for in-house use in a
> new product that we are developing and have the following questions:

> 2)  Since none of us have unlimited budgets, which system would you
>     buy if money is the issue.

Well, give us a clue - how much?  

Also, are you planning to use the programmer as a simulator?  If you're just
going to be doing EPROM/Flash work, I can recommend the Dataman S4.  Very
smart piece of kit this.  Costs around $600, probably.

For development work, this is far better than buying one of the more
expensive lumpy metal boxes.  You compile your code, squirt it down to the
programmer and press EMULATE.  Instant EPROM.  No faffing about with UV 
erasers and chips - just plug the S4's lead into socket on your board.

(I have no connection with Dataman other than as a user of the S3/S4)

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