ethenet card eprom burner

[Michael Kennedy]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

- Mike

 

[budgie]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

I'd severely doubt it. Many NICs have a socket for a boot (E)PROM, but that is
the extent of it IMOE.

 

[[email protected]]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

- Mike

What kind of eproms ?

 

[Gerard Bok]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

Partially true.

In the old days, some brands of NICs would, after minor
modification, allow for an EPROM in the bootprom socket to be
programmed.

This 'feature' was mainly used to reprogram EEPROMS from early
EEPROM bios motherboards.
(Current motherboards use EEPROM chips that simply don't fit
anymore

One other thing you may have read: any NIC contains some
exclusive data, mainly it's MAC address.
On some boards, this can be reprogrammed.
But there is hardly any need to reprogram it at all.
And in the rare cases where it is desirable, spoofing the MAC
address is much easier.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

- Mike

Not EPROMs, but EEPROMs.

See http://www.uniflash.org/

PCI/AGP Cards with specific support in UniFlash:
(currently untested)

3Dfx Banshee
Sundance Technology ST201
STMicroelectronics STE10/100(A)
Winbond W89C840AF
SMSC LAN83C175 EPIC/C
VIA VT6102
VT6105M Rhine III
Realtek RTL8129/30/39
RTL8139 series
RTL8169 series
ADMtek AL981 Comet
AN983(B/BL) Centaur (B)
AN985(B/BL) Centaur (B)
ADM9511 Centaur II
ADM9513 Centaur II
Adaptec AIC-6915

Note that some NICs may wire the WE* pin to +5V in which case you will
not be able to program the EEPROM, unless you rewire the card.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[Pooh Bear]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

Are you looking for an eprom burner ?

Graham

 

[Michael Kennedy]

Possibly..
I'm wanting to make a custom Super Nintendo cartridge.. I believe that it
requires an eprom not a eeprom, but I'm not really sure...

- Mike

 

[James Sweet]

I've read that it is possible to use an ethernet card to write eproms. I
havn't found much via search engine and was wondering if anybody here knows
if it is possible and what cards will work...

- Mike

It's probably easier to get a much more capable Willem EPROM burner,
they're only about $40 these days, I love mine.

 

[James Sweet]

Possibly..
I'm wanting to make a custom Super Nintendo cartridge.. I believe that it
requires an eprom not a eeprom, but I'm not really sure...

- Mike

Either one will work, an EPROM is UV-erasable, and EEPROM is
electrically erasable. Of course it has to be a parallel EEPROM, not serial.