30 Apr
2010
30 Apr
'10
1:44 p.m.
On 30 Apr 2010 at 19:56, Tony Duell wrote:
YEs, but what would replace them? Flash memory has too
few write
cycles to be a sensible replacement for a hard disk in many
applications.
What with a number of new technologies on the horizon, such as phase-
change memory, I imagine it's only a matter of time before something
supplants rotating mass storage.
I see nothing particularly wrong with that last
requiremnt. It would
make the thing a lot easier to maintain.
His requirement was for 200 units. Ever try to find that many new
through-hole mount floppy controller ICs with about an equal number
kept in the parts crib for replacements?
If so, please give me the name of your supplier.
Cheers,
Chuck