Archival Electronics

[JWBarlow at aol.com]

I thought that soon (through the use of nano technology) we'd be able to just 
show our nano bots some data sheets, some schematics, and some vintage photos 
and with a little time they'd whip up the synths of our choice -- provided we 
don't blow ourselves up or some similar fate. One can imagine a symbiotic 
future with the nano bots where they provide many interesting devices for us, 
and where we spend all our time and money building more and more nano bots. 
Of course no one would actually own any of these devices, they'd all be 
leased from ....Microsoft? Sony? Roland? AOL? (I was just kidding guys)

Wondering when my jet-pack is arriving.
JB

In a message dated 12/15/99 1:45:57 AM, grichter at execpc.com writes:

>For example, is the theoretical mean time between failure
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>(MTBF) of a synthesizer module containing 400 transistors
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>(in a number of op-amps) greater or less than the MTBF
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>of a DSP chip containing 4 million transistors?
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>And what about the issue of long term repair parts?
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>Which will be easier to find in 2100 AD a SHARC DSP,
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>a TL074 or a 12AU7?
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>