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Article #10140Re: EPROM erasers
From: Adrian Godwin
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 1991 13:43
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 1991 13:43
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In article <1991Feb10.021307.10532@uhura.neoucom.EDU> wtm@uhura.neoucom.EDU (Bill Mayhew) writes: >An associate I used to work with told me about an incident at a >trade show where a vendor had a prototype board with untaped windows >on the firmware EPROMs. A trade paper photographer snapped a picutre, >the flash of which trashed the contents of the EPROMs, causing >much embarassment for the vendor who was left with a braindead product. This is why I wondered whether a photographic tube (rather than a special UV tube) might work. I've heard a number of variations on the story, often indicating that the machine crashed (due to mis-reading data) rather than suffering permanent washout. -adrian -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Godwin (agodwin@acorn.co.uk)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!agodwin From: agodwin@acorn.co.uk (Adrian Godwin) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: EPROM erasers Keywords: EPROM, eraser, strobe, flash Message-ID: <5168@acorn.co.uk> Date: 14 Feb 91 13:43:53 GMT References: <5001@acorn.co.uk> <16131@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Feb10.021307.10532@uhura.neoucom.EDU> Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK Lines: 18