EPROM Folly (was: Re: Discontinued IC's:...

Rumor has it that Eric Smith may have mentioned these words: [Big Ol' Snip] I have a question: How many people here *hate* the term OTP-EPROM? EPROM as most people here know is Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory... but an OTP-EPROM is short for One Time Programmable Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Basically, it's an FAMOS-based EPROM chip in a plastic package and can be programmed by a regular EPROM programmer - but as it's got a plastic package, it can't be erased or reprogrammed (hence the addition of OTP) - If it can't be erased or reprogrammed, why not just call the damn thing a PROM?????????????????? Just one of those stupid things I think about... Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig. If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.