[LinuxBIOS] BIOS Saver discontinued

[Hamish Guthrie]

I have put 2 photos on a web server

http://www.prodigi.ch/adaptor/plccdil.jpg

and

http://www.prodigi.ch/adaptor/plcczif.jpg

The plccdil picture shows the adaptor from PLCC to DIL32, with one of 
the 32-PIN ZIF sockets I bought plugged into the top of it.

The 2nd image is the PLCC ZIF socket - incedentally, it does not show in 
the picture, but at the bottom it has 32 pins sticking out IN a DIL 
arrangement which can plug into an EPROM programmer (well into a DIL ZIF 
socket actually).



Hamish Guthrie wrote:
> There is a large mall in Taipei somewhere (my Taiwanese friend knows 
> where), and I went there to have a look around and I just happend to see 
> these adapters, and I was blown away by their prices - if I remember 
> correctly, the PLCC->DIL adapter was about US$5 and the DIL->ZIF PLCC 
> was about $12 - I also picked up about 6 regular DIL32 ZIF sockets for 
> $3 each. I had previously bought these sort of things from emulation and 
> the like, and as you say, their prices are crazy. I have sent an e-mail 
> to my friend in Taipei, and will see what he comes back with.
> 
> Richard Smith wrote:
> 
>>> and that has a special ZIF PLCC socket. I can try to see if a friend of
>>> mine in Taipei can find more of these - I recall paying just a few
>>> dollars for both adapters, and they have proved invaluable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just a couple of dollars?  Wow!  Thats awesome. emulation.com normally
>> has stuff like that for a hundred plus dollars.   If you find some
>> I'll buy a few.
>>
>