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Re: EPROM

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From: John Williamson
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:51
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Andy Burns wrote:
> John Williamson wrote:
> 
>> The Psion II and 3 series personal organisers from the late '80s/ early
>> '90s used (Massive for the time up to 8 Megabyte) EPROMs for data
>> storage, and Psion sold a special "formatter" for them, which is
>> basically a UV tube in a box.
> 
> Ah that reminds me, I never posted that cable ...
> 
No rush, I'm still working through a proper fix for the button bar. The 
rest works fine now I've replaced *all* the batteries, though.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.
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