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> EEPROMS, I assume, you can build your own programmer pretty easily?

Programming a EEPROM by bitbanging it from a microcontroller is a basic programming exercise. First, send a special unlock sequence according to the datasheet (usually with a lot of 0x55 0xAA). Next, put all the address bits on the address lines, strobe that in via a control line. Finally, put all the data bits on the data lines, strobe that in via a control line. You only need around 100 lines of code to create a basic programmer (although making a universal one capable of programming all existing models on the market would be non-trivial, as it requires a massive look-up table similar to the one in "flashrom").




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