Re: Need help with my CP290

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Was that the unit JDR Microdevices was selling?  They sent around a
> > frequent
> > color flyer of clone PC parts.
>
> It's a MCT-EPROM programmer that probably came from JDR.  I used it to
burn
> firmware into hundreds of 2K EPROMs.  As I recall, it stopped working when
I
> upgraded to the Pentium 60.

Yep - that was the one.  It was $100's cheaper than anything else on the
market, IIRC.  I burned dozens, at least, without real problems.  Even came
with a double-sided UV eraser for just a few dineros more.

> There are a few of those old JDR and Jameco catalogs still packed away
> somewhere...

I think I have some too.  I know I saved the earliest PC Mags because it
would be such a hoot to see what 16K of RAM cost back then.

--
Bobby G.