Programming 2708's

[Scott Stevens]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:12:29 -0400
"Richard A. Cini" <rcini at optonline.net> wrote:

> All:
> 
> 	OK, I'm ready to burn a modified copy of the Altair Turnkey
> 	Monitor
> into a 2708 to use in my 8800b as a test program. Lo and behold, my
> programmer won't do a 2708 -- it'll only go down to 2716. Naturally I
> don't have any 2716s around and the VG ROM board accepts only the 2704
> or 2708(without modification).
> 
> 	So I browsed around eBay and elsewhere to see if any other
> programmers support the 2708 and it seems that none do. They all start
> at the 2716.
> 
> 	What programmer can I look for that has the ability to program a
> 2708?
> 
> 	Thanks.

I believe an Intel MDS will program a 2708.  And then you have the
privledge of using an i4040 processor to burn your EPROM since there's
one inside the EPROM programmer peripheral.  I got the external
programmer with my MDS but haven't used it yet.

> 
> Rich
> 
> Rich Cini
> Collector of classic computers
> Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project
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