Helpful suggestion

[Keith D. Miller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org
> [mailto:owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org]On Behalf
> Of Shannen Durphey
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:24 PM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: Helpful suggestion
>
>
> You're talking to a mechanic, not an EE or CS grad.
> What are NIC's?

Network Interface Card. In a pinch, you can skip a hub and
cable 2 cards to together for a real cheap, 2 computer
network.

> What is WGA0 ?
>

WorkGroup AddOn For DOS, it's about the easiest way to add
networking to a DOS computer. Interlink works, but not too
well on a 9x and up computer.

>
> I'm using the software that came with my burner, which is
> the same software many listers are using.  I do not know
> of any better software, and I don't have the knowledge to
> write any.  The software won't work in Windows.  Not only
> does the documentation specifically say this, but I've
> taken the time to prove that it's true.
>

There you're pretty much at the mercy of what the manufactor
has written :( Mine is setup using a Needhams PB-10. I'm
sure some studying of eprom datasheets and knowledge of
parallel port programming could lead to writing one, but in
most cases, why bother...

> But if you're willing to spend time explaining, I'm willing
> to spend time learning.
> Shannen
>
>
> Keith D. Miller wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like you need better software. That that I use runs
> > fine under windows (w2k may be a problem, tho').
> >
> > We burn many proms at work, and each needs a few bytes
> > changed for configuation. So years ago I wrote a dos prog
> > to manage the changes and spawn the burner prog. Since
> > moving that to a windows PC, the only problem has been the
> > person doing the eproms tends to start multiple copies of
> > the program. Causing strange things to happen at times.
> > One day I'll convert it to a windoze prog, or wimp out and
> > make it so they can't start anything else while it's
> > running.
> >
> > Even if you don't change software, or don't want too. NICs
> > are cheap and far faster than sneaker neting. Might be
> > hard to find a copy of WGAO these days though.
> >
> > Keith
> > --
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > > [mailto:owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org]On Behalf
> > > Of Shannen Durphey
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 8:51 PM
> > > To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > > Subject: Helpful suggestion
> > >
> > >
> > > I dunno how many guys are doing this, but it works extremely
> > > well for me.  I use
> > > Windows to run whatever tuning software I'm using.  That
> > > allows me to compare
> > > multiple .bins at once, or open a hex editor simultaneously,
> > > or to find where I
> > > saved that missing .bin file, compare Excel spreadsheets...
> > whatever.
> > >
> > > But doing this means restarting the pc in DOS mode every time
> > > I want to burn a
> > > chip, then going back to Windows for the next round of
> > > tuning.  It gets to be a
> > > PITA, and if your pc takes a while to boot, the restarts can
> > > easily eat up the
> > > better part of an hour.
> > >
> > > So I've got my keyboard and monitor hooked to a switch that
> > > allows sharing between
> > > 2 pc's, and I use an old 386 to operate the burner only.  I
> > > simply make the .bin
> > > files I want, save them to the hard drive of the Windows
> > > machine, and transfer them
> > > to the DOS only machine via 3 1/2" floppy.  It works great,
> > > and it makes me feel
> > > good because I didn't have to throw that old pc away (I
> > > probably have it because
> > > someone else threw it away).  Plus I have automatic backups
> > > of all my .bin files.
> > > The used pc store sells switches allowing 2 pc's to share
> > > keyboard/monitor for $15.
> > >
> > > For anyone who's burning many .bins, this can be a real
timesaver.
> > >
> > > Shannen
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