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
http://www.thegolfballshop.com/oct28/1.jpg
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http://www.thegolfballshop.com/oct28/3.jpg
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http://www.thegolfballshop.com/oct28/5.jpg
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL