Andrew Errington wrote:
Hmm. No joy. I am using another ThinkPad with the EEPROM signal lines
(SDA, SCL and GND) connected to its serial port to read the EEPROM. It is
possible that the laptop serial port is not grunty enough to drive the
EEPROM lines. I could try it on a desktop machine. If I had one.
So, in the increasingly likely scenario that I cannot make it go, can
anyone recommend a good cheap Linux compatible laptop available locally for
my Mum. ThinkPads are great, but the popular (and cheap) 600 series is
getting a bit scarce.
A
Sounds like I2C. Do you know about PonyProg? They have a circuit on
their site interfacing I2C to a parallel port.
http://www.lancos.com/prog.html
Cheers
Col.
