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From: brian@ucsd.EDU (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: New Technologies
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Date: 6 Feb 88 16:42:04 GMT
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I previously worked at a place that regularly sent out PROM upgrades
to our customers.  We wouldn't buy any brand of 2716 that wouldn't
survive being installed backwards for a few minutes.  Most brands
would - they'd get hot and of course they didn't work when plugged
in backwards, but take them out, turn them around, and they'd work
just fine - and I seem to remember that all of them continued to
work for years - at least, until the next revision or software
change required replacing the PROM.

We also tested samples to see if they'd survive being plugged in with 
the power on.  Most did.  The circuit was designed to take that too.

	Brian Kantor	UC San Diego