newbie building a scratch-built computer

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 02:29 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:

> > Please note that I've got a couple of programmers as well as an
> > eraser--and a big pile of EPROMs.  I use them.  But I don't find it
> > particularly convenient.
> 
>    Fair enough. :-)  I've been dealing with them for a long time (as  
> you have) and it's just second nature to me; I don't really notice  
> the inconvenience.

I've got a bit pile of various sizes of EPROM, mostly for storing audio
samples in for various bits of (commercial and homebrew) musical
equipment.  I don't find running out of blank EPROMs and having to talk
half an hour to erase them a particularly onerous task - it's time to
walk away from the problem and make a cup of tea and a sandwich.  It's
too easy to get sucked into the "must get it done" frame of mind, which
is surely akin to the infamous "get-home-itis" that pilots get.

Gordon