Wellon universal device programmers & Macs?

Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:12 pm   

The Chinese universal device programmers by Wellon available on e-Pain are
designed for Windows OS only.

I have installed the software on a Mac under OS X 10.5 using the CrossOver
implementation of Wine, and it seems to run. That's the easy part. Of course,
it's not communicating with programmer, and that's the source of my question.
I don't want to spend the $$ until I can be assured it will work.

Has anyone installed one of the Wellon USB programers on a Mac? Does it work?
What virtualization implementation did you use: Parallels Desktop? VMWare
Fusion? Wine (i.e., Crossover)? Was any modification or additional install
required?

The only way to know for sure is to buy one, say a prayer, and plug it in.
I'm hoping someone has done this already.

Thanks.

Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:18 pm   

In article
<0001HW.C90BD3F706F030BCB01AD9AF_at_news.eternal-september.org>,
Paul Conners <pconners98_at_gUSmail.com> wrote:


It might be helpful to know what a "Chinese universal device programmers
by Wellon available on e-Pain" is to begin with...

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Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:51 pm   

Fair enough...

<http://tinyurl.com/22prf3j>

or

<http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=wellon+programmer+-adapter+-
adaptor&_sacat=0&_odkw=wellon+programmer+-
adapter&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313>

I presume if someone had bought & installed one they would know what it is.

Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:08 pm   

In article
<0001HW.C90BEB2806F5A046B01AD9AF_at_news.eternal-september.org>,
Paul Conners <pconners98_at_gUSmail.com> wrote:


Oddly enough I've just become interested in how to program EPROMs under
OS X. Sadly, so far I don't know the answer either in this or the
general case.

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Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:26 pm   

Paul Conners <pconners98_at_gUSmail.com> wrote:


I'd go for a virtual machine (VMWare). I tried Wine for Linux but it
only works for populair applications. I doubt Wine will ever be able
to get it right.

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Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:33 pm   

In article <timstreater-A1F8F8.17084219112010_at_news.individual.net>,
Tim Streater <timstreater_at_waitrose.com> wrote:


A friend has programmed eeproms for his Porche's fuel injection system
(there is a 'turbo' version that performs better than the factory
fuel-stingy version). There wasn't a way he could get the eeprom burner
he has to run on MacOS, so he used Fusion. Seemed to work OK. No, I
don't know what the burner or software was.

I think you'll probably have to use BootCamp to get this to work and
that won't cost you anything but the $140 or so for Windows 7 Pro. Not
worth it? Then borrow a PC.

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Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:15 pm   

In article <vilain-3C67D3.09334219112010_at_news.individual.net>,
Michael Vilain <vilain_at_NOspamcop.net> wrote:


No.


That'll prolly be what I'll do.

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