>
> Byron,
>
> I think I know the programmer you're talking about and it's *not*
> intelligent (the smarts came out of a PC).  Control was through the PCs
> Parallel Port.  I think it was published around 1984.

No, that's a different one. The one I was talking about had a 8031 on board,
communicated via the serial port, and had dynamic reconfiguration. He
did have another one earlier and the intelligent serial one was an update
to it.

> You could probably build an EPROM Programmer using a PIC, Variable Voltage
> Supply, and a few counters.  But there are the issues of understanding:
>
> 1.  What is the host platform.
> 2.  What is the object file format.
> 3.  What is the device you want to program (and what are the programming
 Specs).
>

That's about the sum of it. With PIC's it's fairly easy to get enough
smarts to get the job done too.

BAJ