[rescue] EPROM lifespans and archiving (WAS something else)

[Ian Finder]

Precisely. Also my galep was used closer to $300. To have something
dependable and flexible it was well worth the money.

And $WORK comped it...
On Jul 25, 2011 6:18 AM, "Barry Callahan" <barryc at rjlsystems.com> wrote:
> On 07/24/2011 04:56 PM, Richard wrote:
>>
>> The Sparkfun Inventor's Kit (Arduino package) costs only $100
>> <http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10339>
>>
>> That's 1/4th the price of the Conitec Galep-4.
>
> While true, you'd also have to program the arduino to read *and write*
> the eeprom, and a means to save the image, hopefully in some standard
> format.
>
> Not all of us have the skills to do that. And of those who do, not all
> of us expect to have the available time or maybe even the desire to
> implement our own EEPROM programmer.
>
> $400 for something that should be turnkey, not just for the device you
> want to dump/program *right now*, but many thousands of other devices
> you may decide you have a need to back up later, vs. something you'll
> have to put effort into making work for each device, even if you just
> have to cobble together routines that others have written and
published....
>
> Honestly, it's a tough call. I do microcontroller development as part of
> my day job and I could easily breadboard a programmer just with
> components I have on hand. But $400 to not have to deal with it (or $600
> for the USB programmer) is right in that range where it seems like "not
> a bad deal" but "not a good deal" at the same time.
>
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