8 Apr
2013
8 Apr
'13
4:32 a.m.
On 04/08/2013 05:03 AM, Christian Corti wrote:
On Sun, 7 Apr 2013, allison wrote:
Pedantically correct.
Generally usage is core is magnetic core, ram is mos or other technology.
Used to be a time when core meant system memory regardless of type.
So in 1973 usage your laptop has 4kilomegabytes of core. (or words
depending on organization)
Then again thinking more of the PDP-8 is the whole box the cpu or are
the prime 3 boards
the CPU??
Allison
I happen to have 16KW of qbus core. Also core
had a far slower cycle
time than Ram of the day. Core that ran at 1.5us was fast where ram
on the day was under 1us and dropping.
Core memory *is* RAM.
Christian