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To: PMS Witch who wrote (4537)	7/18/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110642

I guess one way to tell would be to touch the chip after it's been on standby for a while. When it goes on standby, isn't memory first written to the hard drive? w

To: PMS Witch who wrote (4537)	7/18/1999 12:04:00 PM
From: H Peterson	Respond to of 110642

Someday when I have more time I will tell you about the good old days when I worked for the IBM Corp and installed the old memory that really put off heat. Remember the old donuts, that had wires running thru them. (1967-1977) There wasn't home computers then. I never thought they would ever have them in homes. I installed them in banks, universities, insurance companies, etc. Never dreamed we would all have them in our houses. HP