> Bob Blick <bobblick@COVAD.NET>
> > Anybody who still uses EPROM PICs, try this on a running JW chip.
> >
> > Fire off a xenon flash a few feet above it and watch what happens to
> > your (previously) running program.
> >
> > Totally grinds my 16C71 to a halt! WDT does not recover it.
> >
> > It's the light, by the way. Block the window and you can take as many
> > pictures as you want.
>
> Well, duh! A xenon flash tube puts out a huge burst of UV.
>
> Back at Apollo Computer, we used to have a small handheld flash unit that
> was specifically designed to instantly erase EPROMs. It worked quite well!

        Hehe, sounds like something the BOFH would need! :) TTYL

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