Help finding software and docs on a Development board with an EEPROM programmer

• Help finding software and docs on a Development board with an EEPROM programmer
  Posted by Straho on 23 Sep, 2017 16:14
• Hey guys, I have found this last week in the local flea market. It has an Atmel AT89C52 8 bit micro and several sockets for I presume flashing different EEPROMs. The only thing that identifies it is a small label on the PCB that says MULTIPROG Rev. A. Does anybody know where i can find info on this thing .. I can only find info on the Atmel micro ...everything else is ungoogable - no information whatsoever ..... I need documentation and software. Would be glad if someone has info on this
  
  thats the beast
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/LlQYpi8SXKr1fOd62
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  Posted by Andy Watson on 23 Sep, 2017 16:46
• It clearly has a rs232 type serial connection - have you tried talking to ? It might identify itself.
  
  It also has what looks like a second crystal in the middle of the cluster of programming sockets - I think this may be aimed at programming processors rather than EPROMs.
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  Posted by Straho on 25 Sep, 2017 06:35
• Thanks, I will follow the pinouts to determine a safe voltage and see if the thingie talks. Will post results when ready.
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  Posted by amyk on 25 Sep, 2017 06:44
• A quick Google suggests it could be PLC related.
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  Posted by funkathustra on 25 Sep, 2017 07:05
• There's a bazillion programmers like that out there. They're made by little outfits that come and go. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of protocol re-use between models. The trick is to find models that obviously have an old 8051 MCU and an RS232 port. If they have USB, look for a USB-to-serial converter.
  
  Maybe try:
  http://www.electroons.com/blog/know-how-using-wilar-sp200s-enhanced-device-programmer/
  https://www.makenation.co.uk/programmers/sp200s-eeprom-programmer-kit/
  https://alselectro.wordpress.com/tag/universal-programmer/
  http://www.nskelectronics.com/usb_8051_programmer.html
  
  In my searching, the "Wilar Programmer" kept coming up, and I've verified the Wilar Programmer SP200S uses an 8052 MCU. Probably start  there!
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  Posted by ebclr on 25 Sep, 2017 12:28
• My beat is that this is an EPROM programmer