1 Mar
2006
1 Mar
'06
6:43 p.m.
I can see it as being a useful item, like an accumulator on an
hydraulic line, it would smooth out the pressure on the bit bucket
preventing "hammering" in the line when the down line digital switch
is closed.
On 3/1/06, Jim Beacon <jim at g1jbg.co.uk> wrote:
This was a favourite of a friend of mine who worked
for British Telecom in
the early 80s.
He would persuade a new (usually graduate - always more gullible) engineer
to save data to WOM, then switch off the machine........
Jim.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:48 PM
Subject: Re: funny: write-only-memory (WOM) datasheet
--
Jim Isbell
"If you are not living on the edge, well then,
you are just taking up too much space."
For those who/ve not seen it, it was reprinted (without comments) amongst
some genuine data sheets in the back of _The Student Manual for the Art
of Electronics_. second edition. (FWIW, there are other jokes scattered
about in that book...)
-tony
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