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From: krc@cs.purdue.EDU (Kenny "RoboBrother" Crudup)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: build-it-yourself EPROM erasers (Just the facts)
Summary: Just HOW long?
Message-ID: <3244@arthur.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 18 Feb 88 18:49:58 GMT
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In article <3711@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka) writes:
> Any EPROM worth its salt (so to speak :-)) will in actuality last at least
> 10 times the standard 5-year specification.  Good ones are quite bullet-proof.
> Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka

I thought the *lower* limit was at least 100 yrs!!
Does this mean in say, 25 years for some of the more marginal products, the
application in question will develop a senility complex?

I'll be driving my classic '88 Ford Mustang GT (with a souped up EFI chip, of
course) along at 30 mph in 2013 and all of a sudden, hyperspeed, or
fried engine?

> Advice for the day: "MSDOS - just say no."
Works for me!

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