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From: bh@pro-lep.cts.com (Brian Hicks)
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Subject: Re: The Apple IIf
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Date: 25 Feb 90 11:24:31 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU


>>points in their favor:  they don't require continuous power like SRAMs, and
>>they can be erased electrically, instead of by using ultraviolet radiation
as
>>with ordinary EPROMs.

>Yes, but they also have several points against them; namely - cost and
>availibility.  Last time I checked, there was only one place I found that
>had 28256's (32k x 8, I think?), and it would have cost about $600 for four
>of them (128K) to put on my AST Ramstak+.  I _think_ they're pretty slow, too
>200 ns or so.

 Are you guys talking about Flash RAM?  I hear that the IBM world is starting
to use these and was wondering if you knew anything about it. Thanx.

                                              bh
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