Re: Few questions on embedded stuff

From: Andreas Hadler (Andreas.Hadler_at_t-online.de)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:43:36 +0200

Richard <RichardRapier@netscape.net> wrote:

>Joerg <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in news:SzjEc.4656
>$QR6.63@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com:
>
>> Anton, did you ever see it the other way around? Where an EPROM window
>> starts an orange glow beneath the glass? That was really spooky.
>>
>
>As I recall, I plugged in a 128KB UV EPROM backwards once, and it lit up
>for a short while. The amazing thing was that it still worked after that.
>Mind you, I wouldn't place any bets on it's life expectancy.

You were lucky, that was really rare. Here, most EPROMs died with a
nice flashlight effect.

Andreas 

-- 
You are not allowed to call yourself an engineer until you've "smoked"
at least 100 circuits *and* understand why they "smoked" ;-)
- Jim Thompson
(p.s.: I don't count EPROMs in this. Understanding is way too easy.)