Memmory retention without battery in pioneers

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(03-28-2016 02:00 PM)Csaba Tizedes Wrote:  I don't know why the engineers are forget this knowledge during the years.

I don't think it's the engineers that have forgotten, but rather the market insists on cheap, cheap, cheap. One way to meet the price the market demands is to use cheaper materials, less refined engineering designs, etc.

A new 35S ($60) costs less than 1/4 what a new Voyager cost, if you adjust the dollars to same-year values. (rough guestimate)

Would you pay $250 for a 35S, even if it were much higher quality? Would millions of other customers?

We are all victims of the never ending demands for cheap, Cheap, CHEAP!