15 Mar
2017
15 Mar
'17
7:45 a.m.
Adds a whole new dimension to the term "memory leak".
Marc
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:32 AM, dwight via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I can't imagine why it needed to be reworked. That
is only what I was
told. I always thought it was kind of funny.
The Olivetti used a piece of wire for the delay line. I forget what the
Dielh Combitron used but I know it used a two delay lines. One was for
registers and the other was for lookup tables that loaded at turn on time
from a metal tape ( as I recall ).
Dwight
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To: Noel Chiappa; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Univac I memory tank
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 05:41:57PM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
work, of
From:
Dwight Kelvey
I need on of those.
I think it belongs in a museum, actually. Provided they can make it course! :-) I wonder how many working delay line
main memories are left
in
the world?
CHM has one: http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X976.89
It used to be on display, perhaps it still is.
/P