20 Nov
1998
20 Nov
'98
5:20 a.m.
At 09:35 11/20/98 -0500, Chuck wrote:
One of the myth's they always told us was they all
had to be
made by hand - there wasn't a machine that could thread the
row/column and sense wires for mass production. Is there any
rumor to this truth?
yeahright. In _IBM's Early Computers_ by Bashe et al., you will find
elaborate description of machinery developed to automate the production of
core planes, complete [IIRC] with pictures.
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Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
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Computer History Association of California
20 Nov
20 Nov
12:08 p.m.
yeahright. In _IBM's Early Computers_ by Bashe et
al., you will find
elaborate description of machinery developed to automate the production of
core planes, complete [IIRC] with pictures.
Apparently it was cheaper to use cheap Asian labor - probably the
reason the myth started.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
12:17 p.m.
When I was at Intel, I believe they showed videos of the wiring machines. I
think modern ICs, or at least microprocessors have grown so dense no human
could wire them up like that.
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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