15 Apr
2012
15 Apr
'12
11:01 a.m.
On Sun, 15 Apr 2012, Sander Reiche wrote:
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:46:08 +0200
From: Sander Reiche <sander.reiche at gmail.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Chinese ebay eprom erasers
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:27 PM, mc68010 <mc68010 at gmail.com> wrote:
People have done the experiment with sunlight, it takes weeks, so not terribly
practical.
Peter Wallace
I need an eprom eraser about once every two years
and the time has come
again. Unfortunately my old one has gone missing. Has anyone ever used one
of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultraviolet-Light-Lamp-UV-EPROM-Eraser-Eraseable-Ti…
. There are a hundred Chinese vendors selling the same thing. I just grabbed
one at random.
Call me old fashioned, unknowledgable and noob; I am, in fact, all of
them. But couldn't you just put those things in the sun?
Which was always the 'scare' when you saw a 'stickered' EPROM and the
sticker fell off, with sunlight coming in strong and heavy ;)
re,
Sander
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