I thought I recognized it, until I saw the last photo with the
soda can.  Good heavens...that stack is HUGE!!
   I have one that's nearly identical, but about 1/4 the size of this
one.  I was told it was from an early IBM 360, but I've still not
verified that.
            -Dave
On Oct 28, 2008, at 11:56 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
     I received this request for information on a core
memory stack -
 does anyone recognize it?  I passed on some general info to him
 about core memory and how they work.
 Mike Loewen                            mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
 Old Technology 
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:36:53 EDT
 From: BALLSHOP at 
aol.com
 To: mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
 Subject: 40k Ferrite Memory Core
 Hello,
 I was hoping you could help me figure out what I have here.  I
 bought it an
 estate and it had a note attached that said  "40k Ferrite  Memory
 Core".  It's
 pretty amazing to look at, there are thousands of tiny  wires and
 it has
 little black "doughnuts" at the intersection of each  wire.  Any
 help in
 identifying this would be greatly appreciated.
 Thank You,
 Scott
 
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL