newbie building a scratch-built computer

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: newbie building a scratch-built computer
>   From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
>   Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:43:16 -0400
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
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>On Aug 5, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> For that matter, why bother with UV erasers and UV EPROMs at all?
>
>   Sorry to jump in, but I'd like to add my opinion.  I have a few  
>reasons why someone might use UV EPROMs.
>
>   If you've got the right equipment, UV EPROMs are cheap, readily  
>available, highly standardized, predictable, and generally pretty  
>bulletproof.

Works for me.  The larger Eproms like 27128, 27256 and larger 
I have loads of from old PCs that were junked.  A ready supply 
of fast and large (often CMOS) eproms make it easier to do that.
Though I had to mod my Prommer to do parts larger than 27256
the code upgrade was easy.


Allison

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>             -Dave
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>Dave McGuire
>Port Charlotte, FL
>Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
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