Mike Smith wrote:

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  > From: Jim Robertson <newfound@IACCESS.COM.AU>
  > Personally I have a code protected 14000 that has "lived" in my
  eraser for months .....

  Months?  UV tube lifetimes are rated in *hours* , and not too many,
  either.
   I wonder how many erasers out there have tubes that are
  significantly down
  in UV output.  I should add that I haven't had *any* experience with
  these
  magical "erasable unerasables!") :~) either! (but I did wonder about
  the
  tube life)

  Mike Smith
  (mikesmith_OZ@relaymail.net)

 I've been using a Spectroline eraser for over a decade (!) with the
_same_ tube and it erases _erasable_ PIC16C74As in 10 minutes.
-Matt

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Matthew Bonner B.Eng.
Product Development Engineer
Sunada Technology Corp. Calgary, Alberta
mailto:mbonner@sunada.com