[CCTALK] RE: scanners & circuit boards..

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dougq_at_iglou.com>
Date: Thu May 16 06:43:24 2002

>> I'd be more concerned with accidentally scratching the
>> glass bed of the scanner due to sharp component leads.
>
> You can't scratch glass with metal. What you can do is leave
> a thin trace of metal on the glass. Gewelers rouge will easily
> remove this is nothing else will.
>>
>> I guess that there is a slight possibility of degrading the
>> contents of an EPROM if its window isn'tcovered.
>
> Glass is opaque to UV so you won't erase EPROMs either.

EPROMs don't have UV-opaque glass windows, they have
UV-transparent quartz windows. So they can be erased,
but not by casual exposure.

Regards,
-dq
Received on Thu May 16 2002 - 06:43:24 BST