Up for Auction: Memory from the First Computer in Space

Paul Koning paulkoning at comcast.net
Wed Oct 28 14:31:49 CDT 2015


> On Oct 28, 2015, at 12:58 PM, feldman.r at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> A core memory unit from Gemini 3 is up for auction: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/10/auction-memory-first-computer-space?et_cid=4906629&et_rid=742193094&location=top 

Comical.  "Chip" indeed.  And "first use of core memory ... in an era of rotating drum memory" -- in 1965?  I wonder why they have such a clueless person write their blurbs.

	paul



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