20 Apr
1999
20 Apr
'99
5:49 p.m.
<I've never tried it, but I remember reading in some DIY computer book
<from the 1960s that those anti-parasitic beads didn't work as core memory
<cores. I suppose you could try them, though - maybe more complex
<electronics would help..
You need something you can saturate hard. Tape wound materials were
used a lot early on. It's not too hard to test an assortment of things
as you only need one.
Allison