20 Oct
2019
20 Oct
'19
8 a.m.
On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 07:43:34AM -0700, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
search for NDRO and thin film memory
Univac used it in their commercial and military computers
On 10/20/19 7:35 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> I was just listening to a video on the Voyager space craft. It used an interesting
type of memory, called magnetic wire memory. There is only a little bit of information of
it on the web. It is clever in that has a non-destructive read. I just wondered if any one
else was familiar with this type of memory.
> Dwight
>
Nice article here:
http://www.technikum29.de/en/devices/plated-wire-storage
Never saw it myself only saw core. I don't think DEC ever used plated wire.
>
- Diane
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