Somewhere on teh intarweb "wessd" typed:
>> I also am looking for any information on an
>> early 1990's ramdisk board, this was written about in Byte, it was an
>> AT bus card (maybe EISA) that used AC power. Any ideas?
>>
>> WessD
>
>
> I got email from Jerry Pournelle, the scifi writer and the writer for
> BYTE magazine, of which I was talking of about the ramdisk board.
>
> I asked several questions including one about the board and if he had
> the old files he said (this is lifed from the email)
>
> " 3. I think I still have that bubble memory card. There were also
> external
> glass disks of what was then enormous capacity./
>
> I fear I do not have electronic copies of the older BYTE articles.
> They were
> on 8" floppies....
>
> Jerry Pournelle
> Chaos Manor "
>
>
> He replied at like 2am his time.
>
> WessD

Heh! I recognised the name Jerry Pournelle from years ago as he co-wrote
some sci-fi novels (with larry Niven amongst others) that I really enjoyed.
I didn't think it was the same guy though.

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