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>EPROM and EEPROM are different semiconductor technologies. EPROMs
>require a higher voltage than normal to program and can only be erased
>by UV light. You can tell an EPROM by the quartz window on the top of
>the chip, unless it's one of those one time programmables in epoxy
>cases.  EEPROMs are electrically erasble with normal voltages and can be
>reprogrammed in situ. NE2000 NICs were designed before EEPROMs became
>cheap and won't be equipped to hold them.

Thanks, that's an excellent quick summary, just what I needed.  :-)


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