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From: clipka
Date: 26 Jun 2011 06:07:36
Message: <4e0704e8$1@news.povray.org>
Am 25.06.2011 19:44, schrieb Darren New:
> I knew someone who worked on modern military helicopters, at least some
> of which also have mag core memory. The thing is, it's non-volatile. You
> can lose power without wiping out your mission or having to reboot or
> whatever.

Flash memory would do that, too. But I guess when the military does such 
things, they know what they want. Robustness against gamma rays or EMP 
or some such might be a reason.


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