Abstract: A flame spray system and a method for applying uniform coatings of powdered plastics to surfaces which utilizes a pressurized carrier gas stream to transport plastic powder to a spray gun. The spray gun passes the powder through a flame produced at the end of the spray gun, melting the powder into droplets. When the molten plastic droplets strike the application surface, they adhere and combine to form a solid coat of plastic upon cooling.

Abstract: A memory controller having a non-volatile memory is disclosed herein. The memory controller forms part of a computer system that includes a program for accessing the non-volatile memory. When memory errors are detected, data correlative to the detected memory errors, such as error syndromes, is stored in the non-volatile memory. Preferably, during each operating session, the area of the non-volatile memory designated for this type of storage is copied into volatile memory. The volatile memory is updated during the operating session and then copied back to the non-volatile memory when the operating session is terminated. Technicians may access the non-volatile memory to study the error history for diagnostic or design purposes.

Abstract: A computer system having a memory with an ECC function employs an improved method for handling corrected read data events, so transient errors caused by alpha particle hits in DRAMs may be distinguished from hard errors. When a corrected read data event occurs, a footprint defining its location is compared with previously-stored footprints to determine if this location has failed before. Also, a location showing a corrected read data event is "scrubbed" (data is read, corrected and rewritten) so transient error locations are removed. If another corrected read data event occurs for this same location, after scrubbing, then the location is assumed to have a hard fault, and so the page containing this location is replaced.