Old core memory system.

Ethan Dicks ethan.dicks at gmail.com
Sat May 5 12:49:14 CDT 2018


On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 1:23 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Core temp was a big issue even in commercial environments. You didn't see
> it temp but you would see core [driver] current.

Every DEC corestack I've seen at least has a thermistor to handle the
normal range of operational temps.

> My 360/50 panel has the ability to monitor and adjust in real time the core
> current.

I have not worked on a machine that allowed one to watch or (easily)
adjust the core current, but I only have "low end" systems.

-ethan


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