eprom

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Editorial note

Afaik HDDs keep some executable modules stored on HDD platters, that means 'simply' cutting WR leg on eprom chip is not enough.

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(electronics) Initialism of erasable programmable read-only memory.

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noun

(electronics) Initialism of erasable programmable read-only memory.

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noun

(electronics) Initialism of erasable programmable read-only memory.

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Afaik HDDs keep some executable modules stored on HDD platters, that means 'simply' cutting WR leg on eprom chip is not enough.

Much harder to make an eprom burner that verifies 10 years later.

Anyone can make an eprom burner that verifies an hour later.

It doesn't matter if it is flash, eprom, rom, whatever.

(3) Firmware stored in E2 and flash, or OTP eprom, rather than fuse-based proms, will become corrupt over time.

Most of the time I had the 48+ emulation eprom inserted actually.

A UV box (basically a giant eprom eraser).

Tom Pittman wrote a eprom-resident assembler for the 4004 development board notable because the opcodes were chosen to allow the table in which they were stored to be executable code in order to save space.

Another interesting point to bring up is it is Very well known in the retro community that the details of eprom programming technique and certification (or lack thereof) of eprom programers has a dramatic effect on burn lifetime, like multiple orders of magnitude difference in burn lifetime.

At least that's the story we told each other in the dinosaur decades when our eprom erasers wouldn't erase a chip in time, well, wipe that quartz window with solvent and try again.