[Elecraft] size of radio limits? - K3

[Don Wilhelm]

John,

The 'random' goes with the 'access' and not with 'memory'.

The terms 'random access' and 'serial access' have been used since the 
days computers started to move away from tape I/O devices (serial 
access) to other devices where you could point to any data address and 
access it (random access).

So to my computer oriented mind, random access is preferable - the fact 
that the word 'stack' has been glued into the fact that such memories 
exist is the problem when it should refer to the access method.

73,
Don W3FPR

John wrote:
> At 12:15 PM 27/07/07, you wrote:
>>   We should probably stop perpetuating the name band-stacking 
>> registers since the K3 has
>> random access band memories.  That's just the name everyone knows the
>> function by since prior radios implemented it that way.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ed - W0YK
> 
> How about "direct access band memories"? Random makes it sound like when 
> you press M1-4, you don't know what you're going to get.
>