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.
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