[Info-vax] OT: Steve Wozniak

[Bob Willard]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Jojimbo wrote:
>> <snip>
>> What a hoot!  SSD are something new?  In 1999 I was (with lots of
>> help) managing a system with cabinets full of them.  All striped and
>> shadowed and battery backed up of course.
> 
> SSD is definitely not new.
> 
> SSD based on flash memory is new or at least relative new.
> 
> Arne

In the early 90's, DEC had a couple of SSDs in its product line.  DEC's 
SSDs were HDs with HD-sized caches.  Data accesses were always satisfied 
  by the cache, so seeks did not drag down read/write times, and the 
data was safely tucked away in the HDA.

At that time, most HD caches used DRAM or SRAM chips.  DEC's SSDs were 
unique in that they used ARAM chips to reduce cost and power.

DEC's SSDs were designed by the Shrewsbury storage group, not the 
better-known Colorado Springs storage group.

Once upon a time, DEC's storage group(s) and their products were 
technically impressive.  But, for computer storage, just as for computer 
chips and computer software, high-quality products cannot compete with 
high-volume products.  In 1994, DEC sold its storage division to 
Quantum; Quantum later sold its HD business to Maxtor; more recently, 
Maxtor sold its HD business to Seagate.
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Cheers, Bob