Magnetic Memory making a comeback?

From: TeoZ <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jun 11 14:03:00 2003

Was it a click type plastic pencil or the ones with wood you sharpen?

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From: "emanuel stiebler" <emu_at_ecubics.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Magnetic Memory making a comeback?


> Gary Dean Hildebrand wrote:
> > As a humorous sideline: When NASA spent thousands of dollars trying to
> > make a pen work in zero-G, the Russians simply used a pencil . . . .
>
> Which was a smart thing to do, this way they got rid of all static in
> space having all this graphite flying around through the air ...
> ;-)
Received on Wed Jun 11 2003 - 14:03:00 BST