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In this talk on the history of the evolution of digital memories I will make a very subjective selection. I will emphasize those memories whose inventors I have become acquainted with personally, and those developments in which I have been involved myself.
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Billing, H. (1978). On the Development of Digital Memories. In: Proebster, W.E. (eds) Digital Memory and Storage. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-83629-8_1
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