Blankety blank blank.

[Shannen Durphey]

As a follow up note, I am becoming more interested in
finishing my current projects than 
starting new ones.  To that end, I bought a datarase II for
61 dollahs including 3 day fed-ex.  Boom, done, that's all
she wrote.  Thanks to all who mentioned it, life will never
be the same.

Scott Schaaf wrote:
> 
> Eproms tend to be VERY sensitive to the frequency of light to erase them...
> 
>        Scott...
> 
> ----------
> > From: Shannen Durphey <Shannen at mcn.net>
> > To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> > Subject: Blankety blank blank.
> > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 11:51 PM
> >
> > Well, since I've read that an ultra violet lamp can erase
> > eproms, I tried it.  Set a timer for 3 mins with my lamp on
> > the chip,checked it with the burner, not blank.  5 mins, 10
> > mins, 20 mins; not blank.  Got to "The heck with it" and
> > left it on for an hour (with six chips under it), still not
> > blank.  What gives?
> >
> > Lamp reads "UV-A Ultra Violet" and "BLE-270W". Wrong
> > frequency?  Knowing how well my CSH fits, I made sure to
> > take the stickers off the little window.  Left one in the
> > sunlight for a (long) while, and it was blank when I
> > checked.
> >
> > Yes, I know this is crude.  Yes, I know an eraser is the
> > proper way.  Yes I'm going to buy one.  In the mean time,
> > why won't these chips erase?
> >
> > Shannen