> David Gilbert writes:
> 
> >	As I'm trying to get everything going on my old sun4/260, I
> >have had to change my configurating using eeprom several times.  Once,
> >when reading the manual I spotted a little note that the eeprom could
> >only be written to a certain number of times.  Does anyone have any
> >idea what this number is?  Also, if this number is exhausted, can the
> >chip be ordered to replace it?
> 
> I dont know which particular eeprom is in the sun4/260, but generally
> electrically erasable devices have a lifetime of around 10,000 writes.
> 
> For pratical purposes you wont ever have to worry about it, but it 
> is possible for it to fail if you really work hard at it.

AFAIK, the Sparc Station 2 does not use EEPROMs, it uses NVRAM,
a piece of CMOS RAM with an embedded battery.  This way, there's
no pratical limit of rewrites.  Maybe, there's a limit in the
battery life, but that's another history...

					Jonny

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