[rescue] Vaxen?

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sat Apr 27 14:29:41 CDT 2002


On April 27, Scott Newell wrote:
> Core is still cool, but I'd be surprised if it still offers any useful
> advantage (other than non-volatility) over modern semiconductor memory

  Well, it's nearly impervious to radiation, for one thing.  That's
why it lasted so much longer in the space program than it did in
mainstream terrestrial computing.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire                                 "Mmmm.  Big."
St. Petersburg, FL                                -Den



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