A few weeks ago I asked about a production SPI EEPROM programmer...    
Now I'm working on something else and find that I'm going to probably be 
using a GAL20V8 for some logic work... which will also require it's own 
programmer.  

Right now, I'm using Olin's ProProg for the PIC's and that's working 
well, and I like the way it works (start the programmer on the PC, then 
everything is done at the programmer).    I also had a SPI programmer 
designed but not actually implemented.  Now with the GAL's, I'm rapidly 
coming to the conclusion that I really need to just break down and buy a 
universal programmer which will work for production work.    My budget 
is "around $1k or less", with hoepfully the emphasis on less, but I also 
don't want to buy 3 $800 programmers by the time I am done...

I've looked around quite a bit and I've eliminated a few from the 
competition.   Right now, the top contenders seem to be the Elnec 
Beeprog+ or the Xeltec Superpro 3000U, simply because they seem to have 
the most flexible architecture, although I'm still open to buying 
something else.

What other universal programmers should I be looking at, and do any of 
you have any experience with the two I mentioned?

Thanks.

-forrest


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