[Elecraft] size of radio limits? - K3

[John]

Hi Don & Gary

As a person who has been sending RAM uploads to satellites since 
1964, 21 years with the Air Force and 20 years working for NASA, I 
have somewhat of an idea of what RAM is. Had to build loads and send 
them real time on the fly many times in emergency situations, to 
ensure things like attitude control algorithms were functioning 
properly . I was just adding my 2 cents worth to the thread. It just 
seems like we get on a subject here and beat it to death. BTW, 
retired here and enjoying radio. Been licensed since 1958 and these 
Elecraft radios are about the neatest radios I've ever owned and have 
had the pleasure to operate.

John
k7up

At 01:41 PM 27/07/07, you wrote:
>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.