28 Jul
2016
28 Jul
'16
3:10 a.m.
Clem Cole wrote:
That is exactly how its was done. In fact, DEC made
a Solid State
Disk (out of RAM) just for UNIX that people used to use for /tmp.
Are you referring to the slick little ML11-A (I think it was an -A when
I installed it at NY Telephone on
West Street, next to the World Trade Center...
I seem to remember it being used as an RS04 (or similar) fixed head disk
replacement for swap -- but
it could've been used for temp.
Funny seeing a fault light on a Massbus controller'd box of mostly MK11
memory.
IIRC it had write-lock as well.
Neat idea and I wish someone would come up with a really large SSD with
a writelock for archival storage
of my stuff. No head crashes and if I could disable the possibility of
accidental writing...
Bill
--
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