> A sufficiently powerful UV eraser *will* recover windowed parts - I
> speak from experience. One used for water disinfection is ideal - watch
> the ozone production, though. They are not particularly expensive and
> will pay for themselves after a couple of boo-boos protecting JW
> devices.

I have an ordinary 8W eraser. Do you think it would recover a 16c74/JW
device if I left it in for long enough (I think I did try it for about two
hours before giving up and throwing it in a drawer).

> > The PIC is popular, since it works well, is cheap, can be programmed
> > with $5 worth of parts, and is practically indestructible (except if
> > you goof while programming it; the programming circuitry is touchy and
> > its <BLEEP> code-protect fuse can easily convert expensive window
> > parts
> > into $20 tie pins.
> >

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