Re: eprom erasing

James, James, James...you are talking to ENGINEERS here. Don't you
understand the difference between an Engineer and ordinary folks? It's
simple with this example (feel free to add to this thread):

Problem: A picture hanging crookedly on the wall in your house.

Regular person solution: Straighten picture

Engineer solution: Turn on computer, load CAD program, design picture
straightening mechanism, build prototypes, test, curse Bill Gates, redesign
without using Windows, mutter about idiots designing nails that don't grab
picture hanging wire properly, rebuild prototype, test. Hmmm, not quite
right, send out email on various groups stating progress to date. Read
hundreds of email replies about how someone else did this and the problems
they had. Get to Beta stage. Test with real picture frame. Realize the
outlet isn't close enough so redesign for battery power. Batteries die,
redesign for solar power...loose job over time spent at work on
problem...loose wife, kids....finally loose house eliminating the problem
once and for all. New person moves in and straightens picture.

John :-#)#

At 09:11 AM 11/24/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's my addition to the problem (sarcasm included at no charge):
>
>I can just erase the pile of eproms 4 at a time as follows:
>4 eproms per 10 minutes = 24 eproms per hour = 196 eproms in 4 hours.
>(a few evenings while watching TV) What a bad idea.
>
>OR I can read 4 hours worth of e-mails about people's opinions on bulk
>eprom erasing tubes, make 2 or 3 trips to the hardware store, quickly
>construct a jig, then erase about 50 eproms, then test each one to see they
>are all erased, and finally bulk erase the lot of them. Sounds like the way
>to go.
>
>James
>
>
>----- Original Message -----

From: Todd Miller <Todd.Miller@telethinking.com>
>To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 1:35 PM
>Subject: RE: eprom erasing
>
>
> > I used the same bulb, G5T8, in my home made eraser and I
> > can clear ROM's about 4-5 minutes. I'm thinking the bulb cost
> > me $20 at the electrical supply house (I'm sure they charged me full
> > list)
> > and a cheep florescent fixture for about $12
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Todd Miller, LAN Administrator
> > Ron Weber and Associates
> > 103 E. State Street, Mason City, IA 50401
> > (515)423-4293/(515)423-4594 FAX
> > http://www.telethinking.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith, Brendan [SMTP:Brendan.Keith@wilcom.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 12:03 PM
> > To: 'vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu'
> > Subject: RE: eprom erasing
> >
> > I haven't had success with a blacklight. 48 hrs+ and only a few
> > bits
> > cleared.
> >
> > Do it right, get a 'germicidal' bulb. Part # G5T8 or similar.
> > That's what's used in real erasers.
> >
> > --
> > Brendan Keith
> > brendan.keith@wilcom.com
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Rcpilot2u@aol.com
> > >
> > > I have just used a real blacklight and stuck about 30 of them
> > under it for
> > > 48
> > > hours.
> > > They get erased just fine. Plus its real cheap :)
> > >
> >
> >

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Received on Wed Nov 24 10:24:49 1999