Yup.. had (briefly) a Sharp 5000 laptop IIRC

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Post #24,056 by Ashton 1/12/02 3:41:32 PM Reply	Yup.. had (briefly) a Sharp 5000 laptop IIRC with cute, not-so-tiny bubble memory modules. S l o w yes, but - so was the CPU - then. Think LCD screen was about 16 lines high. Geetin senile - think it ran MSsssDOS 1.0, but mainly useless as tits on a board. But! - the bubbles indeed stayed in place with power off. Eventually swapped it off to a 'consultant' for another Otrona ;-) A.
Post #24,154 by Meerkat 1/13/02 5:14:00 PM Reply	nearly everything I learnt about bubble memory... ...came from the Dr. Who story 'Logopolis'. So it may well not be right :) The only big deal they made of it was it's non-volatility. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.

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Yup.. had (briefly) a Sharp 5000 laptop IIRC - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 12, 2002, 03:41:32 PM EST

nearly everything I learnt about bubble memory... - (Meerkat) - Jan. 13, 2002, 05:14:00 PM EST

Who left that on the floor?
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