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submitted 10 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

First, wear your dust mask. Who knows where these machines have been?

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[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Maybe you're thinking of EPROMs? I can't think of anything else that you'd need UV light for. Even then the UV was used to erase them, not write.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Modern FPGAs don't use UV light, but maybe earlier ones did? As you say, EEPROMs used UV for erasing before writing again.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

...now i'm getting confused. Those chips with the round window in the center, what were they again?

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