Re: Ti-89 Died

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Subject: Re: Ti-89 Died
From: Tom <tomgREMOVE@NORTHCOAST.COM>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:01:10 GMT
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Do you have anything to back up your claim?   You are just plain
wrong.

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 00:51:10 -0500, "Tom Lake" <tomlake@slic.com>
wrote:

>>>Chip making = ROM burning.
>>Wrong.
>>>ROM is not a WORM device, as you seem to imply. WORM
>>>devices are commonly encountered in CD-R drives, Write Once Read Many.
>>So, what are you trying to say here?  That ROMS can not be read many
>>times?  Yes they can. Are you saying they cannot be rewritten?  Yes,
>>they can.
>
>No, a true ROM cannot be rewritten.  the code is designed into the chip
>itself.  PROM, EPROM or EEPROM can be rewritten but a real ROM comes from
>manufacturing hardwired with its program.
>
>Remember, the Flash rom in the newer TI's?  Or the older
>>style PROMS which are erased with UV light shined in through a window,
>>and programmed in a ROM burner.
>
>They are NOT ROMS.
>
>Tom Lake
>
>
>

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