[Coco] 2764 EPROM vs 2864 EEPROM

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>---- Original Message ----
>From: "Mark J. Blair" <nf6x at nf6x.net>
>Sent: 9/28/2013 7:49:35 PM
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Subject: Re: [Coco] 2764 EPROM vs 2864 EEPROM
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>On Sep 28, 2013, at 16:29 , Chris Osborn <fozztexx at fozztexx.com> wrote:
> No kidding. I don't understand it at all. You'd think with so many hobbyists and hackers using Linux there would be one program out there that could use an EPROM >burner from Linux. But there's nothing. Everything is Windoze only.
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>For Linux, Mac, etc., you'd probably need to use a standalone programmer with a serial port interface. I use a Data I/O 212 that a friend with a consultant business >sold me after he upgraded, sometime in the early 1990s. Finding a suitable one, in working condition, with whatever device info data is needed, at a reasonable price, >can be a challenge. For example, my model 212 would be useless without the proper device programming data card plugged into the side.
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>My first EPROM programmer was also standalone and interfaced with a serial port. I got it back in the late 1980s, and I think it cost around $300 or so. I might have >gotten it from Jameco, but I don't recall. The standalone ones are less common that PC-based ones, I think.
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>Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
>http://www.nf6x.net/
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I hear ya.... I have a Data I/O 280 that JUST recently died on me... Along with my old

As to Linux, gotta look at the market...
Most Linux users don't buy SQUAT... They're accustomed to "free" and "Open."

The market, well, how many commercial businesses actually use Linux for tasks like burning EPROMs, etc...?
Also, nowadays, how many people actually NEED to burn EPROMs? 
In such an already limited market, I'm sure there would be little ROI if any at all, in developing
the app for both Windows AND Linux.