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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Tiny paper tapes (Re: What's wrong with CRT storage?)
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Date: 4 Aug 90 03:31:21 GMT
References: <JSP.90Aug3123600@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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In article <JSP.90Aug3123600@milton.u.washington.edu> jsp@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeff Prothero) writes:
> o  Potential storage density higher than optical.
>    (We use scanning electron microscopes to see
>    features too small for optical microscopes.)

But the *most* powerful microscope out there uses purely mechanical
actuators. It actually uses a very precise force gauge to *feel* 
individual atoms. Can you imagine tiny paper tapes?
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