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   From: wesf@rica.net   
      
   Most of what I read doing a quick search just now would seem to indicate   
   that it is possible, but there's no definitive data out there.  The biggest   
   lifespan issue seems to be in the number of erase/write cycles one can go   
   through.   
      
   Are you sure you aren't getting EPROMs confused with PROMs or EEPROMs?   
      
   I think the best thing we can all do is get any data that exists transferred   
   into something that can be put into an emulator or otherwise run on a modern   
   computer.  And repeat that cycle every 10-20 years so it always will work on   
   the most modern hardware.  As much as I hate to think about it, the old   
   hardware won't last forever...   
      
   Wesley   
      
      
   "marmotking"  wrote in message   
   news:5829796b-1768-4ff6-b44f-7b9ac1b40e75@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   > So I've been reading that data in EPROMs has a very limited life   
   > span.  This has started to make me nervous.  As I look around me,   
   > everything I have seems to have an EPROM on it.  Everything from   
   > VAXstation motherboards, ascii terminals, to CD-ROM drives, to video   
   > cards on old PC's that I use for imaging TRS-80 disks.  Has anyone   
   > considered the necessity of reading these EPROMs before they go bad?   
   > Am I worrying about something that's not really a problem?   
      
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