High Data Rollers like Google and Dropbox are adopting the SSD in data centres...<br><br><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/flash-data-centers/">http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/flash-data-centers/</a><br clear="all">
<br>But will Flash SSD drives be here for long? Maybe the memristor drive will take over in 2 years...<br><br><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/">http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/07/hp-memristors/</a><br>
<br>Golly. I still have a 5.25" floppy drive lying around - just in case... it's a shame I don't have a compatible ISA slot to plug it in to any more :-(<br><br>Greybeards - you may now begin your discussion...<br>
- I remember when I used audio cassettes to store programs on my TRS-80...<br>- Pshaw, newbie! I had a punched card reader connected to my Altair 8080!<br>- Begone, neophyte. When Alan Turing and I were replacing rotors in our Bombe...<br>
- I remember the goode olde days when Herman Hollerith and I were playing Angry Sparrows on his hand loom and we...<br><br>-- <br>Mark Kelly<br>Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area<br>McKinnon Secondary College<br>
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia<br>Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253<br><a href="mailto:kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kel@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au</a> << use this, not Edumail please!<br>
VCE IT Lecture Notes: <a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a><br>Moderator: IT Applications Edulist<br><br>--<br>The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler.<br>
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