Comment by torginus
12 days ago
Yeah it super weird that while we struggle with latency in the digital world, storing anything for any amount of time is an almost impossible challenge in the analog world.
12 days ago
Yeah it super weird that while we struggle with latency in the digital world, storing anything for any amount of time is an almost impossible challenge in the analog world.
You should check out:
- Core memory - Drum memory - Bubble memory - Mercury delay line memory - Magnetic type memory :P
And probably many more. Remember that computers don't even need to be digital!
> computers don't even need to be digital!
or electric.
This stores a whole scanline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsk4WWtRx6M. This or something similar was in almost any decent color TV except for the oldest.