On 7/30/12 1:15 PM, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 30 Jul 2012 at 14:57, JP Hindin wrote:
I must be a bit late coming to this... what's
core oil?
No joke.
Early models of various 7000-series mainframes had their 7032 core
stacks immersed in oil (mineral oil?) to aid in dissipating heat.
The 7032A stack used forced air.
--Chuck
By maintaining the cores at a particular temperature, access time was
consistent, improving reliability. -- Ian