Rick, The older programmers, generally, require a Parallel Port. Parallel Ports seem to have vanished though I have a Win7 machine with one. Haven't tried to use any of the older software with it though.
I have several older machines with WinXP and these almost all came with a Parallel Port. And, you could add additional Parallel Ports with PCI cards. I have three programmers connected to one of my computers. My favorite computer for this is the Dell Latitude D610 which I think was the last Dell Laptop with a Parallel Port. Also has USB and Serial. These seem to be relatively cheap on theBay. Depending on the 'total cost', might be worthwhile to get an older computer with WinXP and an older programmer rather than the usual several hundred dollars for a newer USB programmer. I just looked at my 7081's and (re)discovered that they both have their 'Calibration Seals' in place when calibrated by Ametek (formerly Solartron) several years ago. I would like to avoid opening them if possible. I'll chase down the EPROM files referenced earlier in the thread to be able to compare your chips with. If your chips are bad (can't be read or programmed), I'll use those files to program your new chips. I went looking for my stash of EPROM's but, so far, I can't find it. I don't remember if I have those chips or not. I did find some TMS2516's so maybe I do have the chips if I can find the 'mother lode'. Hopefully, you can get the chips. Joe -----Original Message----- From: volt-nuts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David C. Partridge Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 3:45 AM To: 'Discussion of precise voltage measurement' Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Solartron 7081 If you have the pocket depth then I would suggest a Galep-5 (made by Conitec) EPROM programmer. I have its baby brother (Galep-4) but that needs a parallel port. It's a USB device and will handle the older stuff like 2564s quite happily and also the new serial EEPROMs David _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
