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I don't buy it for a minute. You can leave an uncovered EPROM in direct sunlight for a week, and the data will probably survive. I'd suspect a localized "EMP"
by CamperBob 16y ago
I don't buy it for a minute. You can leave an uncovered EPROM in direct sunlight for a week, and the data will probably survive.
I'd suspect a localized "EMP" transient from the camera flash before I'd suspect an erased EPROM. It takes a lot of energy, in the E=hv sense, to erase an EPROM.
- jacquesm 16y agoTo actually erase one, yes. But to flip a bit that's on the edge, not that much.
- HeyLaughingBoy 16y agoBelieve it: windowed EPROMS have been used as cameras. Their light sensitivity is legend. [edit] actually I was wrong about that. The memory devices used as cameras were delidded RAMs, not EPROM. EPROMs are light sensitive, but too slow for that.