Re: Whee, Greased HedgeHog on Steroids, take 2
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
24 May 1996 01:22:39 GMT
In article <v01540b00adc2e9c728fd@[199.186.54.52]>,
Ian Stoyle <stigs@indigo.ie> wrote:
>
>> That's Darkness Emitting Diodes I presume... goes right up there with
>> WOM (Write Only Memory), LER (Light Emitting Resistor) and SED (Smoke
>> Emitting Diode.)
>>
> WOM wasn't that Clive Sinclairs invention :- MicroDives for the
> Spectrum and QL
>
No, WOM existed before the MicroDive. At least one chipmaker had one
on the books for a while -- supposedly a prank by some designer to
show that noone ever read the papers that went through the approvals
chain. Legend has it the chipmaker discovered it when a customer
asked for pricing.
LER and SED's, though, are physical devices (although not necessarily
for very long.)
-hpa