[Coco] EPROM eraser wanted

jdaggett at gate.net jdaggett at gate.net
Tue Nov 11 22:46:50 EST 2008


On 11 Nov 2008 at 21:18, Ryan Pritchard wrote:

> Seems to me a sunny day and a magnifying glass may do the trick a 
> little faster.  Seems worth the effort of an experiment on that one.
> 

That would focus to much IR light onto the die and probably damage from 
excessive heat. 

A simple eraser can be made with a timer and a UV (Black light)lamp. A 
small bulb about 10 watts will do.  There is a trade off of how much UV 
energy and time to erase a chip without damage. 

james




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