At 04:14 AM 6/2/96 -0800, you wrote:
>At  5:05 AM 6/2/96 -0500, NEIL GANDLER wrote:
>>Anyone know of a source of an inexpensive Eprom eraser. $50 is the best
>>price I saw. Its almost the same price as the programmer. Thanks
>
>I made my own using a Phillips PL9W miniature fluorescent lamp
>adapter plus a PL-S 9W TUV germicidal lamp, both obtained from
>a lighting shop. Total cost was about $40 Canadian. The whole
>thing is mounted inside a cardboard box. I  also use a mechanical
>egg timer -- 15 mins seems to be about right, with the lamp
>resting right on the erasing window. There's room for about 7
>EEPROM-sized devices at once.
>
Digikey's ER2-ND is 39.95. No timer. The ad says it will erase most
EPROMS in 3 minutes. Does a PIC take longer than most eproms?
Anyone else have a better deal?

>** DON'T LOOK AT THE LIGHT FROM THIS RIG! ** (Obligatory warning).
>
>Regards, D.M.
>