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There's one of those* on display in the CS building at the University of Manchester, it's the size of a forearm and IIRC stored 1 byte :) * A CRT RAM thing. It
by bjackman 8y ago
There's one of those* on display in the CS building at the University of Manchester, it's the size of a forearm and IIRC stored 1 byte :)
* A CRT RAM thing. It's a refreshing RAM that takes advantage of the persistence of the the phosphor glow.
- jacquesm 8y ago"each Williams tube could typically store about 1024 to 2560 bits of data" From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_tube
- monocasa 8y agoWilliams tubes don't rely on the phosphar coating (and some don't have a phosphar coating at all). It's all about the static electricity on the tube.
- bjackman 8y agoOh yeah, that's true. Thanks for correction.