Is this possible? (Storage) (Off-topic?) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Apr 1998

Well, it really depends.  After asking my self, I said "No."  Then, after
contemplating it, and asking again, I have to say "Yes."   First of all, it
deals with the preservation of data, something that collecters must be
knowledgable about, especially if they have origional/interesting software.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ismail &lt;dastar(a)wco.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Is this possible? (Storage) (Off-topic?)

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This is a Star Trek question and has absolutely no place on this
discussion.

When posting a message to ClassicCmp, ask yourself this question: "Does
this REALLY have ANYTHING to do with old computers?"  After you answer it
to yourself, ask it again, but this time put extra emphasis on the word
"REALLY".

Thanks in advance.

On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Hotze wrote:

> Sorry, but this has been bugging me for quite some time.  In Star Trek, they
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 > use "Isolinear" based memory circuts to
store information in both the short
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 > and long term.  So, from the looks of it, it's
some kind of crystal, and can
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 > transmit it's data very quickly, and with no
moving parts, so I'm guessing
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 > that it's similiar to today's RAM.  Now,
for the hard part: It can hold
> entire encyclopedia's in tiny amounts.  In one episiode, they had nanites,
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 > little robot-bugs that could hold "gigabytes
of information," and were
> microscopic.  Furthermore, in some episodes, they find Chodak and T'Kon
> ruins, between 900,000 to 700,000 years old, with half or more of the data
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   intact.
     Was crystaline storage ever attempted like this?  Is it possible?
 Feasable?
     Thanks,

 Tim D. Hotze

Sam                                        Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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