From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 03:47:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57CEF1065670 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:47:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196698FC0A for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0S3lGqC061486; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:47:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) with ESMTP id p0S3lGfN061483; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:47:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:47:16 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Fred In-Reply-To: <4D421B95.1070909@blakemfg.com> Message-ID: References: <4D41BDF6.5080904@blakemfg.com> <4D421B95.1070909@blakemfg.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:47:16 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:47:19 -0000 On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Fred wrote: >> > I am interested in the Xeltek SuperPro-5000. This unit will alsowork > stand-alone with a CF card programmed by the PC in addition to usb. I > believe the user software downloads a set of programming parameters and the > file to be programmed rather than driving the programmer directly or > otherwise do low level hardware stuff. I am going to ask Xeltek if they will > give a refund if I can't get the unit working in a reasonable time. If it > doesn't work I would otherwise be out of $1500. I will not use Windows. There's a downloadable version of the software on the site. If that works acceptably, the final hurdle would be whether it can communicate with the programmer by USB. The site says it's USB 2.0 and installs drivers on Windows, which doesn't bode well for the Wine/FreeBSD setup. It may work, although you have to expect that any support call will blame problems on the non-standard setup. It might be easier to start with open software and choose a programmer that is supported by it. For instance, devel/avrdude supports some faster programmers. Depends on what you need.