Re: [cobalt-developers] eeprom programmers

["John P. Looney" <valen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:47:28AM -0700, Tim Hockin mentioned:
> I'm sorry, I don't know of fthe top of my head.  I've always used a RaQ4 
> as an in-circuit programmer.  If you have a good soldering hand, you can 
> attach a socket to your RaQ :)

 Out of curiousity, could you guess at the chance of success with this
method ? As in, how often do you fry the flash chip ? Also, most places
I've asked for chips are quoting around $80 or so, which is excessive -
does anyone know a more reasonable source ?

 I've a raq3 here with a socketed flash (must be a really old model), and
I was thinking of messing with making up PROMs...starting with updating
the kernel already in it, if possible. Am I wasting my time, or is the
source/build environment for the PROM released anywhere ?

 I always wanted a box I could play with a PROM on :)

John