13 Jan
2015
13 Jan
'15
2:56 p.m.
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory, about 1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly unusable. I
would therefore like to frame it for display and to show to young people. Is
there a recommended good way to mount the core for framing with the smallest
amount of possible damage?
Thanks
Rob
13 Jan
13 Jan
3:59 p.m.
On 01/13/2015 11:56 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory, about
1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly unusable. I
would therefore like to frame it for display and to show to young people. Is
there a recommended good way to mount the core for framing with the smallest
amount of possible damage?
Between two spaced players of perspex/plexiglass would seem to be the
best. If it's strictly an exhibit, you might even pot it in clear
polyester resin.
--Chuck
4:32 p.m.
On 1/13/2015 3:59 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 01/13/2015 11:56 AM, Robert Jarratt wrote:
Seconded... I have one of Tony Cole's Cray-1 boards mounted that way.
Looks great and is easy to dust. :-)
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory,
about 1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly
unusable. I
would therefore like to frame it for display and to show to young
people. Is
there a recommended good way to mount the core for framing with the
smallest
amount of possible damage?
Between two spaced players of perspex/plexiglass would seem to be the
best. 
4:24 p.m.
On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 19:56:23 Robert Jarratt wrote:
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory, about
1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly unusable. I
would therefore like to frame it for display and to show to young people. Is
there a recommended good way to mount the core for framing with the
smallest amount of possible damage?
I have a piece that is fanfold about 4' tall and several folds wide that I'd
like to section for display
--
Collector of vintage computers http://www.ncf.ca/~ba600
5:26 p.m.
On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory, about
1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly unusable. I
would therefore like to frame it for display and to show to young people. Is
there a recommended good way to mount the core for framing with the smallest
amount of possible damage?
howzbout mount it on a bit of perf-board, with standoffs and a piece of
plex over it. Or just plex both sides.
But the perf-board would give you an easier way to bring out connecting
wires, and have some accessible terminals to poke at it with.
6:22 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Cisin
Sent: 13 January 2015 22:26
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Framing Core Memory
On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Robert Jarratt wrote:
plex
I have been given a tiny piece of core memory,
about 1cmx1cm. It has
obviously been cut from a larger piece and is almost certainly
unusable. I would therefore like to frame it for display and to show
to young people. Is there a recommended good way to mount the core for
framing with the smallest amount of possible damage?
howzbout mount it on a bit of perf-board, with standoffs and a piece of over it. Or just plex both sides.
But the perf-board would give you an easier way to bring out connecting
wires,
and have some accessible terminals to poke at it with.
I do like the idea of mounting it on perf-board, making it possible to
attempt to use the memory somehow for demonstration purposes, but the piece
is probably too small, the wires are too short at the edges of the piece,
and just too fine for my level of dexterity.
A couple of suggestions for perspex/plexiglass, I am guessing basically a
"box" made of perspex/plexiglass so that the memory isn't glued to
anything.
Actually, looking on ebay there appear to be some small display boxes
available that would probably do the trick. That sounds like the best
approach.
Thanks
Rob
3550
days inactive
3550
days old
5 comments
5 participants
participants (5)
-
ba600＠ncf.ca -
cclist＠sydex.com -
cisin＠xenosoft.com -
david＠attglobal.net -
robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com