[H-GEN] Eproms, eprom eraser, and eprom programmer (fwd)

Benjamin Robert Carlyle benc at foxboro.com.au
Wed Dec 13 12:35:14 EST 2000


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> > Do you folks have access to an eprom eraser?  I'm wanting to build a
> > diskless X-terminal from an old PC.  It all works except that I am stuck
> > booting from floppy.  I have ordered a programmer and some used eproms
> > but I have to erase them first (with ultaviolet light).  Do you also
> > have access to a programmer and eproms if mine don't arrive by Saturday?
> 
> Humbug itself does not have anything like the above.  Contacting your
> local university's electrical engineering department may help (hi, I want
> to erase some eproms, can you help?).
> 
> Failing that, exposing the erase window to the sun or a UV tube (local
> lighting supply shop) for a few hours may work; asking www.google.com for
> 'erase eprom cheap' may provide some links.

My brother built himself a little EEPROM eraser of similar
specs.  He uses a cheap UV tube with a well-ventilated plastic
container lined with static-safe foam.  He says it only takes
a week or so ;)


Benjamin.

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