Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: EPROM memory lifetime query Message-ID: <6200057@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 16:23:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.6200057 Posted: Mon Aug 5 16:23:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 00:35:43 EDT References: <-14000@wdl1.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:wdl1:1400060:hp-pcd:6200057:000:421 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Aug 5 12:23:00 1985 <<< < < How long do current EPROMS and EEPROMS hold their memory? < The number that I hear most often is 10 years minumum. This means that if you are using an Altair 8800 with 1702's then you might have to break down and buy a new computer in the near future. Otherwise you should pull out the Eproms, copy them into a programmer and reburn them for another 10 years. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john