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 <dastar_at_wco.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Is this possible? (Storage) (Off-topic?)
>
>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
>> use "Isolinear" based memory circuts to store information in both the
short
>> and long term. So, from the looks of it, it's some kind of crystal, and
can
>> transmit it's data very quickly, and with no moving parts, so I'm
guessing
>> 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,
>> 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
>> intact.
>> Was crystaline storage ever attempted like this? Is it possible?
>> Feasable?
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim D. Hotze
>>
>>
>
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