Commodore Pet ROM trouble... EPROM Substitutes...

From: Hans B PUFAL <hansp_at_citem.org>
Date: Sat Jul 24 01:44:56 2004

Scott Stevens wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:56:08 +0100
> Philip Pemberton <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>Painful experience?
>>Another one - EPROMs that have been installed in the socket backwards
>>in a device that posesses a very big PSU tend to glow white-hot then
>>die.

But not always! I did this once, saw the bright glow and resignedly went
to burn a new EPROM. Just for laughs, I later tried to erase the
"burnt-out" part and to my surprise it was still functional and
subsequently served the project well. I should have noted the
manufacturer ;-)

   -- HansP
Received on Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:44:56 BST