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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: EEPROMS in a 3000
Message-ID: <1054@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 5 Nov 88 21:52:02 GMT
References: <1378@fbog.UUCP>
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <1378@fbog.UUCP>, by dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG):
>    We had better put a jumper on that programming voltage for those
> Kickstart EEPROMS for the 3000, otherwise some nasty viruses are
> are bound to show up.  

So then you have to open up the case to change a jumper. Not that big an
improvement over opening up the case to swap a chip is it?

EEPROMs cost a LOT more than ROMs do, let's stick with the cheap way.
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