1 Oct
2007
1 Oct
'07
6:32 a.m.
On Monday 01 October 2007 14:31:15 Richard wrote:
Over on comp.terminals someone wrote this about the
VT100:
"The power-on operation does a "destructive" read of the
ROM-based firmware. After so many power-ups, the ROM becomes
unreadable. This was a design issue at the time - the technology
to fix it did not evolve until the VT200 series."
Is this true? I've never heard of a ROM being damaged by reading it a
lot.
A comment like the above would merit an uncharitable response on some of the
straight-talking, no-nonsense automotive lists I'm on.
Gordon