26 Nov
2008
26 Nov
'08
1:37 p.m.
On Tuesday 25 November 2008 05:58:33 pm Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Jim Battle wrote:
Would they still retain their data, though, once you heated them up?
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M Dakin
This is a really fascinating thread. I never
knew that late 60s sports
cars used 5" floppies. Amazing. Did such cars use core memory, or did
they use the brake drums for storage?
Hmmmm. brake drums and brake disks would be really goood for home-made
rotating magnetic storage, if only they weren't ferrous