Storing Data in Bubbles – The Weird 1960’s Technology used by NASA and Konami

Intel 7110 magnetic-bubble memory module, image via DMGualtieri on wikipedia

 

Developed in the 1960s by Bell Labs, bubble memory uses “a thin film of a magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas.” While more modern memory quickly replaced most bubble memory. Arcade cabinets continued to use the system for its anti-piracy capabilities. Bubble memory boasted to be impossible to copy. Learn more from The Retro Collective and from Wikipedia

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