Agreed... an eprom eraser only cost around US$50 (in Singapore) these days.

Regards,
Peter Tiang

>>> Richard <richardb@MAILBOX.UQ.EDU.AU> 30/September/1997 07:19pm >>>
>The risk of dammage to any semiconductor device subjected to the levels of
>emf generated by an arc welder is extremly high. I feel that the one off
>cost of an eprom eraser would easily offset the cost of many destroyed pics
>and whatever else.
>
>Cheers Richard