I believe what you're referring to is a tool known as an "EPROM burner".

  (Note that most modern motherboards use flash memory, rather than EPROM,
to hold their BIOS code.  This allows the code to be rewritten ("flashed")
by running special software, rather than by removing, reprogramming, and
reinserting an EPROM chip.
  It also means that EPROM burners, once merely uncommon, are now pretty
rare.)

David Gillett


On 10 Apr 2003, at 7:12, andre chiasson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Any idea of an excellent bios programming tool?  The type of machine that is
> independent of the computer and in which you install the bios for
> reprogramming.
>
> Thank you!
> André Chiasson
>
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