On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 22:25:05 +1200 Steve Baldwin writes: >Is anyone aware of a stand-alone, brain-dead, PIC chip cloner ? > >I'm looking for something that can be used in a small production >environment, by unskilled workers. What I invisage is a socket for a >master part and a ZIF for the part to be programmed. Put the master >into the socket and the device to be programmed in the ZIF. Press the >button and wait for the light to come on. Put the next chip in. >No PC required. >In this instance I am looking for a 16C54 cooker but I don't recall >seeing anything along these lines. > >Has anyone else ? And it sets the code protect bits on the copies? Not cheap, but we have an old DOS computer used for a variety of things in production. A simple menu with batch files calls the DOS PROMATE program to send the hex file to the ProMate and program the first chip (with code protect!). After that, they just keep hitting F2 (Pgm) on the ProMate. Harold Harold Hallikainen harold@hallikainen.com Hallikainen & Friends, Inc. See the FCC Rules at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules and comments filed in LPFM proceeding at http://hallikainen.com/lpfm ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.