Re: project

[quor@qedbbs.com (Matthew Ghio)]

herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes:

 > Previously clueung@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Chantha Lueung) wrote:
 >
 > >Here's an idea instead of hard drives with moving parts...How about
 > >building a digital scsi drive with chips instead of a platter, less
 > >energy, fast, and include like a battery backup that keep the drive
 > >alive for months or years incase of power failure.  Have a self
 > >diagnostic program built in for easy servicing....  and other things...
 > >just an Idea :)
 >
 > Hmm, a very interesting idea. This brings up something I read a long time
 > ago. Although I can't remember how it worked, I do remember the term
 > "bubble memory". I think it was supposed to be a low power memory system
 > of some sort. I wonder if this could be adapted to your idea.

Bubble memory was some kind of magnetic storage RAM.  I'm not sure 
exactly how it worked either.  It seems that almost all research in 
non-volitle RAM stopped a few years ago.  I'm not sure why, it seems that 
NVRAM would have many useful applications.