EPROM baking

[Ethan Dicks]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I made my own 2716-2764 programmer MANY years ago.  On a few occasions I put
> an EPROM in wrong and saw the bonding wires light up!  I killed power and
> corrected the mistake, and the EPROM worked fine.

I did that once and had the same experience - a glow from under the
lid, but no smoke... and put right-way-round, was still programmable
and verifiable.

-ethan