[Coco] EPROM question

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 07 February 2008, Joef6809 wrote:
>Interesting, The window has a sticky label over it as most do. I'll probably
>take a dump of it just in case anyway.
>Its not like its valuable or anything but its part of the collection now so
>it need to be taken care of.
>BTW are you saying alpha particals will also erase an EPROM?

Anything with enough energy to punch a hole in the gate insulation, its only 
an atom or two thick.  The damage is permanent as it raises the leakage rate 
forever.

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