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Article #22449Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
From: David Ambrose
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 05:54
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 05:54
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In article <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>On a tamer note, a friend of mine once discovered what happens if you
>plug an EPROM into an EPROM programmer rotated 180 degrees. He reports:
>"the little light under the quartz lid goes on -- briefly". You didn't
>know EPROMs had lights, did you? :-) :-)
>
I once managed to misplug an EPROM by 1 pin where there were two
sockets butted together. The little light inside stayed on for at least 5
minutes. After that, we called them IROMS for Incandescent ROM. There
were also considerable comments about those dangerous "softheads"
(programmers).
--
Play it cool; play it cool; fifty-fifty fire and ice -- Joni Mitchell
David L. Ambrose, -- Digital Research, Inc ...!amdahl!drivax!dambrose
Don't blame DRI. They wouldn't approve of this anyway.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!think!snorkelwacker!apple!amdahl!drivax!dambrose From: dambrose@drivax.UUCP (David Ambrose) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: <GFLFV4Z@drivax.UUCP> Date: 27 Feb 90 05:54:44 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1990Feb23.041918.27178@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Steppenwolf's Magic Theater Lines: 17