EPROM erase times and lifespan

[Dave McGuire]

On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> Hehe, yeah, I really didn't want to risk ruining any chips, so when  
> I built the eraser, the timer was top priority. I used the timer  
> out of a junked microwave oven, replacing the horrible membrane  
> keypad with the numeric keypad sawed off the end of a damaged Apple  
> IIe platinum keyboard. So mine even has a nice little VFD telling  
> me just how much time is remaining, a nice little *feep* *feep*  
> *feeeeep* to tell me that it's done, and best of all, the little  
> VFD flashes "COOK" at the bottom while it's running :)
>
> Oh, and it doubles as a clock...

   Ok, I take back what I said about building that.  That's just  
cool. :)

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL