Re: Help for Sprint plus programmer

From: Rene Tschaggelar (none_at_none.net)
Date: 01/28/05


Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:35:48 +0100

Keith Williams wrote:

>>What a pity. The Sprint was one of the finest
>>programmers available. While I went through a stack
>>of el cheapos, the Sprint of a colleague worked well
>>for over a decade.
>>The el cheapos somehow didn't like static electricity,
>>while the Sprint had a solid metal case.
>>
>>I was never able to afford one.
>
>
> I've always thought DATAIOs were horribly over-priced, even though I
> work where there are deep pockets. I've had a couple of BP-
> Microsystems (http://www.bpmicro.com/) programmers and have been very
> impressed. BPM nas very good support and their stuff is only
> moderately over-priced. ;-)

Well, yes, it was perhaps overpriced, but it worked.
And there were software updates, such that it was always
current.
The el cheapos stopped working quite often and I had
to repair them. Sometimes at customer sites. Lost an
hour here another one there.

Rene



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