Back in the 80’s I supervised a group that maintained and programmed Westinghouse mainframe data acquisition computers that used core memory. They were programmed using reverse Polish notation and hex on a terminal. It took a creative verbal dance to finally justify purchasing an AT clone with a hard drive to store some code and data for the interface. Good times!
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Ken Boone via TriEmbed <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For the people who remember the computers that used them. Just $39.00. > > I have several core memories in my collection including a 6X6X4 inch multiple > layer one. The early space shuttles and earlier maned missions like the moon > also used core memories to keep high energy radiation for flipping memory > bits. > > Keep up the building. > > Ken > > https://www.tindie.com/stores/kilpelaj/?ref=offsite_badges&utm_source=sellers_kilpelaj&utm_medium=badges&utm_campaign=badge_medium > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list > > To post message: [email protected] > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >
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