Proms: [sdiy] hazards to semis?

[cynthia.webster at gte.net]

Ok Maybe this is really an "out there" kinda' response, 
but perhaps it's possible to download data off on an eprom, 
to disk, and then as a back-up... to email the very same data to 
you- so that in a worst case scenario, you could recreate or 
clone the eprom again at your end?

Is this nuts? 
It's got to be simple with the right stuff, but I have little to no 
experience with prom burning and really don't know.

Cynthia



> From: Machinerygod / Maniac <machinerygod at prism.net>
> Date: 2002/09/24 Tue PM 11:03:10 PDT
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] OT: hazards to semiconductors from mail 
irradiation and x-raying?
> 
> This isn't a strictly synth related question, but I figure there 
must
> be somebody here who can answer this one given the broad 
EE background
> of various people here, and synths use IC's too,
> right?:
> 
> I have somebody who wants to ship me a card for a late-80's 
vintage
> minicomputer(VAX). They raised the possibility of damage to 
the card
> in shipping because all international mail coming into the US 
is being
> x-rayed apparently (spot-checks, I assume). I've been told by 
one
> person so far that this is a non-issue, and that the only thing 
he
> could think of was an old issue of EPROMS supposedly 
being erased by
> x-rays. I don't think there's anything to it either,
> but I just wanted to run this by some more people before I go
> ahead and have it shipped without any additional 
precautions, since
> the part in question is worth a considerable sum of money.
> 
>