Bubble Cassette

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Jul 23 11:14:14 2001

> > I am still going through the junque that came from our radio club bazaar and
> > came across five modules labeled "Bubble Cassette". It has a small pull tab
> > that when pulled out, the word "record" appears. This is a new term to me;
> > anyone know what these things are?
> Maybe bubble memory? (It stores small magnetic domains or "bubbles", but
> it's solid-state.)

That's what it sounds like. The tab is presumably a write-protect of some
sort.

Is it bigger than a breadbox?
Is the outer shell made of animal, vegetable, or mineral?
Any connectors?

I'm not sure, but IIRC, the early Gavilan called their memory modules
"Bubble Cartridge", but it was actually just low power static RAM with a
battery in a 2" x 2" x 1" dark gray plastic box with a card edge at one
side and a removal pry lever on top.

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Grumpy Ol' Fred        cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 11:14:14 BST

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