Plans for making your own can be found at:

FTP sites:

• ftp.paranoia.com/pub/users/defiant
• ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/
• ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/060/
• ftp://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/pub/sis/CAD/DIY/BITMAPS/com84.zip

WWW pages:

• http://www.demon.co.uk/paulmax/stegen/hwsw.htm (dead?)
• David Tait's PIC Archive
• http://www.www.ts.umu.se/~johan/project.html (dead?)
• http://www.willem.org/nprome.htm

PIC Programmers

• David Tait's PIC Archive. See also: http://www.picwiser.com/ modified for 16F877
• http://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/~sis/mirror/robin/picpro.html (dead?)
• http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaame/pic/pic.htm
• http://www.ebar.dtu.dk/~c888600/files/newpics.htm a "simple" serial-port programmer
• http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/2174/prog.html 16x8? series, simple, docs in Spanish
• http://www.gbar.dtu.dk/~c888600/newpics.htm
• Telesystems
• Erics PIC page
• http://robotics.com/pic.html
• Jim Roberts - Newfound Electronics
• http://www.picnpoke.com/engine.html
• http://www.rentron.com/Myke4.htm
• http://www.propic2.com
• http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/9620/
• http://www.new-elect.com/

sx programmers

• http://www.codepuppies.com/~ben/sens/pic/sx
• http://www.svtehs.com/sxtip.htm - said to support sx52 rev A and all sx18/28 from rev A on.

PAL/GAL Programmers:

• ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cae
• ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/pal2docs.zip
• ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/60/

A simple eprom emulator circuit and DOS software can be found at http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/

Articles:

• Popular Electronics, in the July 1982 issue
• "Popular Electronics", Feb 1978, page 41
• "Build This PLD Programmer" by Robert G. Brown
  Electronics Now (magazine), May 1994
• Various kits and software are available from R.G. Brown, 30 Wicks Road, E. Northport, NY 11731
• "Project: GAL programmer" by Manfred Nosswitz.
  Elektor Electronics (magazine), May 1992
• "Project: GAL Programmer Upgrade" by M. Nosswitz
  Elektor Electronics, June 1993
  The software and PC boards are available through the Elektor publishers/franchises in various countries.

•      Old Colony Sound Lab
       P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH  03458
       (603) 924-6371 or -6526   Fax (603) 924-9467
       In the UK
       Elektor Electronics (Publishing)
       P. O. Box 1414, Dorchester  DT2 8YH, England
  

• The June '96 Elektor Electronics (UK edition). has an EPROM programmer and emulator
• "Generic Array Logic (GAL)" D. Gembris
  Elektor Electronics, April 1992
• "EPLD programmer design" John Cromie
  Electronics & Wireless World, February 1989
• "Create Your Own IC's", Bill Green
  Popular Electronics, January 1990
• If you have a Linux system you can design for Xilinx X3000 FPGA in a subset of VHDL. There is a free package named Alliance. It is available from www.mit.edu, or similar sites. Fire up your search engine and search for ALLIANCE.
• "A PAL Programmer" and "Getting Started with PALS" , Robert A. Freedman
  Byte, January 1987

• Advin Systems 1050-L East Duane St. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 1-408-736-2503
• Alta Engineering http://www.gutbang.com/alta/
• Andromeda Research, PO Box 222, Milford, OH 45150 1-513-831-9708
• BP Microsystems
• DATA I/0 (http://www.data-io.com)
• Dataman Programmers ( http://www.dataman.com)
• Digikey 1-800-344-4539 http://www.digikey.com
• General Device Instruments, (408) 241-7376
  408-241-7376 Sales 408-241-6375 FAX
  408-983-1234 BBS All software to demo free
  e-mail:[email protected]
  e-mail: [email protected]
  http://www.generaldevice.com
• Intronics, 612 Newton Street, Edwardsville, Kansas 66111
  (913) 422-2094
  1-800-339-5152 (sales only)
  http://www.intronics.com
• Jason-Ranheim Company, 3105 Gayle Lane, Auburn, California 95603.
  (800) 421-7731 Orders Toll Free (800) 421-7748 From California
  (916) 878-0785.
  
• JDR Microdevices Orders: 1-800-538-5000 Cust. Service: 1-800-538-5001
  1850 South 10th Street, San Jose CA 95112-4108
  
• Logical Devices, 130 Capitol Drive, Golden, CO 80401 1-303-279-6868
  1-800-315-7766, tech support (in Flordia) 1-305-428-6868
  http://www.logicaldevices.com
• M2L Electronics 3526 Jasmine #4 Los Angeles, CA 90034
  310 837-7818 (9am-5pm)
  BBS/FAX: 310 841 6050
  [email protected]
  http://www.cs.ucla.edu/csd-grads-gs3/loving/www/m2l.html
  
• Microchip Technology Inc 602 786 7200
  2355 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler AZ 85224
  http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip/
• Mouser Electronics 1-800-346-6873 http://www.mouser.com
• Needham's Electronics 1-916-924-8037 Fax: (916) 924-8065
  4630 Beloit Drive, Suite #20, Sacramento, CA 95838
  BBS: (916) 924-8094
  http://www.needhams.com/
• Stag Micro Systems. 1600 Wyatt Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054 1-408-988-1118
• System General
• XELTEK unipro Universl Programmer that programs: Eproms, EEProms, Bipolar, Epld, Flash, Gal, Pal, and some Microcontrollers. Also tests TTL, CMOS, DRAM & SRAMS.
  3563 Ryder St. Santa Clara, CA 95051
  (408) 524-1929 (voice)
  (408) 245-7084 (fax)
  (408) 245-7082 (bbs)
  http://www.xeltek.com/
• http://www.proaxis.com/~iguanalabs/micropro.htm
• http://www.isc-durant.com/nolan
• Lists of available programmers:
  • http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/FAQ/BODY/F_Eprom_pr.html
  • http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/F_pal_gal.html