janzen@pldvax.DEC (Tom J. LMO2-1/E5 279-5421) (03/24/86)
>Each lil' chunk of memory passes the word(s) >along to the next; eventually, after some time has passed, it pops out the >end other end. I also meant to say that this M.O. is dead wrong. Modern delays use RAMs, and the data does not snake its way through the memory, although it does through CCDs, which are not digital. Addressing circuitry cycles through different parts of the memory to place it in order. The data don't move Tom DEC 111 Locke Marlboro MA 01752