Core memory

Christian Corti cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Sun Apr 3 03:26:21 CDT 2022


On Fri, 1 Apr 2022, Paul Koning wrote:
>> On Apr 1, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> Well, it would still work for 1-bit-wide words, so to speak. One 
>> wonders what the application was.
> I wonder if the sense wire was used as inhibit during write cycles -- 
> that seems doable.  It would make the core plane simpler at the expense

Wasn't that common in newer core memory days? I mean, there's nothing 
special about three-wire core memory with common sense/inhibit lines.

Christian


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