FRAM (was Re: How scarce (valuable) is core for the PDP-8?)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 16:10:46 1999

> Actually, there are a few companys making FRAMs. Essentially they use
> a small amount of magnetic material to provide non-volatile storage.
> They may even be core shaped :)

They aren't core-shaped, and they aren't magnetic. The ferroelectric
effect isn't even *related* to ferromagnetism. The name is a misnomer,
because the effect was misunderstood when it was first discovered.
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 16:10:46 BST