[sdiy-interim] EPROM Armageddon?

[keith sterling]

I had a terrific conversation with Paul Schrieber of MOTM the other  
day, during which he mentioned that my beloved Jupiter 8 was destined  
for the landfill soon because it contains CPU embedded EPROMS, and  
all EPROMS have an implied 20 year (or thereabouts) lifespan.  Since  
the Jupiter's ROM is inside the CPU chip it can't easily be read and  
reprogrammed in a new chip, like one could do with a discrete 2716  
type EPROM.  This news was shocking to me, since I dearly love the  
Jupiter and a few other machines that I own from that era.
I have searched the internet for info on this upcoming "EPROM Y2K",  
but haven't found any mention of it anywhere.  Maybe nobody knows?   
Does anyone have anything to add about the validity of this EPROM  
lifespan claim and is there anything that can be done about it?

I considered this thread for Analog Heaven but thought that there  
might be more targeted expertise here.

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