14 Aug
2006
14 Aug
'06
8:59 p.m.
Don wrote:
Why not use a *big* battery/cell... aren't we
talking
about a design that would end up WAY undersized? Even
scaled would leave lots of real estate that you could
install a conventional AA, 9V, etc. battery and forget
about it "forever"
Batteries DIE...
Core memory lives Forever ... They even used that in
Dr Who as part of a plot line ... OK so Dr Who is not
the most reliable Si-Fi show around :)
Other than boot strap loaders I can't think where
non - volatile memory on the 8 is needed.