> I am just wondering if anyone has heard of or used the DProm product
> from Compu Tech Labs Inc. ( or Applied Data Systems Inc, if I look on
> the PCB)? My company has a few of these lying around, some of which
> are no longer working (they are from somewhere around 1991 I believe,
> long before my time...).
>
> These are an interface directly into the flash socket of our boards,
> and connect to the RS232 port of a PC, allowing you to send the hex
> representation of a compiled flash firmware image directly to this
> device. This really speeds up the write/compile/test cycle, as there
> is no need to re-burn the flash chip every time and plug it on our
> board to run newly compiled firmware.
> I'd like to get more similar devices, but not sure quite where to
> look.

I have 2 I'll sell you real cheap.  I haven't used them in years but they 
worked last time I used them (maybe 10 years ago?)

If interested, send email.

Paul E. Bennett wrote:
> Darryl Woods wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am just wondering if anyone has heard of or used the DProm product from
>>Compu Tech Labs Inc. ( or Applied Data Systems Inc, if I look on the PCB)?
>>My company has a few of these lying around, some of which are no longer
>>working (they are from somewhere around 1991 I believe, long before my
>>time...).
>>
>>These are an interface directly into the flash socket of our boards, and
>>connect to the RS232 port of a PC, allowing you to send the hex
>>representation of a compiled flash firmware image directly to this device.
>>This really speeds up the write/compile/test cycle, as there is no need to
>>re-burn the flash chip every time and plug it on our board to run newly
>>compiled firmware.
>>I'd like to get more similar devices, but not sure quite where to look.
>>
>>I'm new to embedded development, and not sure if these devices are
>>commonplace or not, but I haven't been able to find anything like it
>>searching on the net.
>>
>>Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> If this is just an eight bit memory product then there are several products 
> that are out there. I have a Dataman S3 which serves for this purpose as 
> well as blowing EPROMs (I have had this for quite a long time now). These 
> are know as EPROM programmers and you should check for serial interfacing.
> 
> I have other devices that connect to the parallel port that will allow me 
> to stack them for 16 or 32bit memory as well. They are called ROM Emulators 
> which is a term that may help a bit in your search.

M-Systems was working on a flash chip with a
USB cable for such an application.  I don't
know if they ever brought it to market.

Darryl Woods wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am just wondering if anyone has heard of or used the DProm product from
> Compu Tech Labs Inc. ( or Applied Data Systems Inc, if I look on the PCB)?
> My company has a few of these lying around, some of which are no longer
> working (they are from somewhere around 1991 I believe, long before my
> time...).
> 
> These are an interface directly into the flash socket of our boards, and
> connect to the RS232 port of a PC, allowing you to send the hex
> representation of a compiled flash firmware image directly to this device.
> This really speeds up the write/compile/test cycle, as there is no need to
> re-burn the flash chip every time and plug it on our board to run newly
> compiled firmware.
> I'd like to get more similar devices, but not sure quite where to look.
> 
> I'm new to embedded development, and not sure if these devices are
> commonplace or not, but I haven't been able to find anything like it
> searching on the net.
> 
> Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

If this is just an eight bit memory product then there are several products 
that are out there. I have a Dataman S3 which serves for this purpose as 
well as blowing EPROMs (I have had this for quite a long time now). These 
are know as EPROM programmers and you should check for serial interfacing.

I have other devices that connect to the parallel port that will allow me 
to stack them for 16 or 32bit memory as well. They are called ROM Emulators 
which is a term that may help a bit in your search.


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Hi,

I am just wondering if anyone has heard of or used the DProm product from 
Compu Tech Labs Inc. ( or Applied Data Systems Inc, if I look on the PCB)? 
My company has a few of these lying around, some of which are no longer 
working (they are from somewhere around 1991 I believe, long before my 
time...).

These are an interface directly into the flash socket of our boards, and 
connect to the RS232 port of a PC, allowing you to send the hex 
representation of a compiled flash firmware image directly to this device. 
This really speeds up the write/compile/test cycle, as there is no need to 
re-burn the flash chip every time and plug it on our board to run newly 
compiled firmware.
I'd like to get more similar devices, but not sure quite where to look.

I'm new to embedded development, and not sure if these devices are 
commonplace or not, but I haven't been able to find anything like it 
searching on the net.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Darryl