[Cryptography] retro crypto

[John Ioannidis]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 5:00 PM John Denker via cryptography <
cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
...

>
> By EPROM I mean something like a 27c1001:
>   https://www.nteinc.com/specs/27C/pdf/nte27c1001.pdf
> It is organized as 128k of 8-bit bytes.  You can easily
> program all the bits yourself, so the manufacturer does
> not know.  It has 17 bits of address.  The cost is a
> few bucks per chip.
>

Oh, John, that's not 70s technology! The densest EPROM available in 1979
was the 2732, and it was NMOS, not CMOS :)
(yes,I checked with my Intel data book :) )

Also: xkcd.com/386

Cheers,

/ji
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