On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <B9639BAE3F34504E83FEEDD71D4AFB463D4630 at mail.bensene.com>,
"Rick Bensene" <rickb at bensene.com> writes:
Question is: Is the diode ROM
"firmware"?
Yes.
No, IMHO the particular _pattern_ of cut/missing diodes is the
"firmware". The diodes are the ROM, yes. But like a book is a bunch
of pressed tree-pulp, a "novel" is a particular arrangement of
letters.
Information is a thing, too!
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