On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, dave vanhorn wrote:

> At 06:21 PM 1/8/99 -0500, Scott Shidel... wrote:
> >In the quest of a cheap eraser, a freind of mine told me black lights emit
> >UV light.  Do the flourescent varietys like you get at a party store have
> >enuff power to erase a pic if this is true?
>
> Not the right kind of UV. The party lights are longwave, and the erasers
> are shortwave.
> I don't think those would EVER erase your chip.

Which is just as well, because they would erase party-goers eyes too
otherwise.

Try to get a 'germicidal' lamp or a 'sterilizer' lamp (replacement for
those barber's / fast food store sterilizers).

hope this helps,

Peter