Message no. 1

From:	James Kotz nightlight@*****.com
Subject:	[Nerps] [Stuff] Robotic Walker Frame, Draft 2, Section 3, Subsection 5b, Addenda 12
Date:	Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:53:27 -0400

Patrick Goodman wrote:
>
> >> The XS-3 doesn't give you much control over how it does it; all
> >> the actual movements are programmed into the computer's EPROMs.
> >> I've made the movements as fluid as I can, as real as I can, but
> >> it's not perfect. Yet.
> >
> >[I would be wary of the reference to 'EPROMS's' ! they are fast
> >enough becomming 'old tech' now to EEPROMS.
>
> True enough, in our world. Doesn't mean the acronym won't get re-used 60+
> years down the road.
>
> >(If the acronyms are meaningless don't worry!) one of the reasons FASA
> >never would convert Megapulses to Megabytes]
>
> Unfortunately, I have this mental block that tells me the acronym better
> mean something before I put it out there.

I agree with sticking to EPROM. How many generations of Pentiums do we
have now?
At some point, people will get tired of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPROM, and just
call them
all EPROM no matter how much better they get. A whole new type of tech
is a
different story though...