Williams Tube memory, Selectron question, and Charactron

From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
Date: Sun Aug 15 19:57:31 1999

Upon the date 06:30 PM 8/15/99 -0400, CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com said
something like:
>>> Question for the UKer's: is a tube rectifier (no control grid, just an
>>> anode and a cathode) called a "valve"?
>
>> Have you heard of a check valve?
>
>I've also heard of a won't gate and have a copy here of the data sheet
>for a write-only-memory :-).

Was that the Signetics joke WOM data sheet from back in the late 70's? I
got a copy of that around my files somewhere. What a hoot that was :)

Regards, Chris
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Received on Sun Aug 15 1999 - 19:57:31 BST

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