On Thu, 4/18/19, dwight via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > My understanding was that the mercury delay lines > needed periodic repairs ( not sure what the cause > was but mercury does dissolve into many metals ). > If I were going to make a delay line memory, I'd go with > the magnetostrictive. These are practical to make. One just > needs a little ingenuity and a spool of piano wire. > Dwight
Or still do a fluid one, but take Turing's suggestion and use gin as the medium. BLS