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Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM?
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Fri, 26 May 2000 00:52:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John Morgan writes:
> Perhaps you are talking about a SCSI RAM drive ? this is a SCSI DVD RAM
> Recorder .....I have never heard of SCSI RAM as in SCSI accessed RAM Memory
> modules.. but I have seen SCSI DVD RAM drives ....They use thier own version
of
In the olden days before processors could address massive amounts of
RAM, you could get cards and external peripherals that contained dynamic
volatile RAM on a SCSI interface that would behave like very fast disk.
It was used for video processing temporary storage where the volatility
was not an issue.
Cheers,
tomnap@bersama.net
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| Perhaps you are talking about a SCSI RAM drive ? this is a SCSI DVD RAM Recorder .....I have never heard of SCSI RAM as in SCSI accessed RAM Memory modules.. but I have seen SCSI DVD RAM drives ....They use thier own version of recording media .... (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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