William Couture wrote:
> The reply from Crash himself:
>
> ...  Actually, no.
>
> Using a peeled DRAM as an imaging sensor was someone
> else's idea.  We just happened to be in the right place at
> the right time to acutally use the technology (it's what
> ended up in the Nintendo Game Boy camera.  B/W, 128x128, but
> hey, that was a long, long time ago.)... and Mitsubishi
> actually made a product that was essentially an optimized
> CMOS DRAM with analog outputs and a clear plastic case, for
> just this application.
>
> I think I still have a couple of those old SCAR boards
> under my desk, if anyone wants one.

I got the impression when I got a tour of MERL in the mid to late 1990s tha=
t
it was a new idea, but apparently not.

So do you actually know Bill, or did you dig up his contact info on the
internet and asked out of the blue?


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