iz8dwf | The Data I/O 2900 device programmer. Introduction and (easy) repair. @iz8dwf | Uploaded March 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
My "new" Data I/O device programmer (S/N 6601688 of November 22 1990). A vintage programmer for vintage devices (a lot of them).
Repair process and introduction to the serial terminal menu and the TaskLink program interface.
To make the firmware disks:
1) Download the .zip archive
2) Extract the archive, it will result in 4 .exe files plus a readme.txt, the .exe can run on any
windows version.
3) Get 4 DOS-formatted (or even better formatted into the 2900's internal drive if you have
an older firmware already booting).
3-alt) You can try a gotek adapter in place of the real floppies, but I've not tested this.
4) Execute in turn each of the exe files, each with a different floppy disk inserted into the drive.
( It worked with a Windows 10 PC using an USB floppy disk drive. Any older version should work
too, and of course with "regular" floppy disk drives too.)
5) Read the Readme,txt file contained in the archive :)
Data I/O 2900 brochure:
bitsavers.org/test_equipment/dataIO/brochures/Data_IO_2900_Mar_1990.pdf
Data I/O on groups.io:
groups.io/g/DataioEPROM
Matthieu Benoit's Data I/O 2900 resource page:
http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/167.htm
My "new" Data I/O device programmer (S/N 6601688 of November 22 1990). A vintage programmer for vintage devices (a lot of them).
Repair process and introduction to the serial terminal menu and the TaskLink program interface.
To make the firmware disks:
1) Download the .zip archive
2) Extract the archive, it will result in 4 .exe files plus a readme.txt, the .exe can run on any
windows version.
3) Get 4 DOS-formatted (or even better formatted into the 2900's internal drive if you have
an older firmware already booting).
3-alt) You can try a gotek adapter in place of the real floppies, but I've not tested this.
4) Execute in turn each of the exe files, each with a different floppy disk inserted into the drive.
( It worked with a Windows 10 PC using an USB floppy disk drive. Any older version should work
too, and of course with "regular" floppy disk drives too.)
5) Read the Readme,txt file contained in the archive :)
Data I/O 2900 brochure:
bitsavers.org/test_equipment/dataIO/brochures/Data_IO_2900_Mar_1990.pdf
Data I/O on groups.io:
groups.io/g/DataioEPROM
Matthieu Benoit's Data I/O 2900 resource page:
http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/167.htm
