April 1, 1972: Write Only Memory 233
Embedded Geek writes "While digging around Jack Ganssle's site, I came across an amusing prank from days gone by. In 1972 Signetics recognized April Fools day by printing a full color datasheet (scanned sheet 1 and sheet 2 here) for a Write-Only Memory (which accepts data but never reads it back), a considerable effort when documents were made via literal "cut and paste". Packed with jokes both obvious (a graph of "number of pins left versus number of insertions") and subtle ("Vdd = 0V +/- 2%") it's worth a chuckle."
In the Jargon Lexicon (Score:5, Informative)
This has been in The Jargon Lexicon [tuxedo.org] for ages. Don't all slashdotters know of it?
'Read protection' (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Here's a mirror (Score:1, Informative)
Footnote 6... (Score:4, Informative)
Yes, it's now a very old joke, but it's been fun watching a new "generation" rediscover it every five years or so.
In case anyone cares (Score:3, Informative)
press release (Score:3, Informative)