On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 10:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
Is there a good description of the various forms of ROM/PROM/EPROM bit rot
phenomena on the web somewhere? Or could someone provide a good
description?
I know in the case of EPROMs the charge will eventually "leak". And with
masked ROMs and PROMs the "fuse" can actual re-grow and turn a 0 into a 1.
We've discussed it briefly before. More detailed information would be
appreciated. Thanks!
Masked ROMs don't really have a 'fuse' to regrow. If Masked ROM parts start
degrading, just about any other silicon is going to start having the same problems.
I'd like a reference to good information on this topic, as well. We should all be
backing up our EPROMs.
An interesting unrelated side topic is the phenomenon of the Light Emitting EPROM. Has
anybody else ever wired one of these into a circuit? (you do it by plugging the EPROM
into the socket backwards)
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