From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, LOTS_OF_MONEY,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ed9508c1 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:08:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 687D59EE0C; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646F89EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BBC2C9EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from www.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [208.86.226.86]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E72D9B5D7 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (lemis.com [192.109.197.81]) by www.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93601B72837; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id A5E104494B5; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:04 +1000 (AEST) Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:08:04 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Clem Cole Message-ID: <20180616010804.GA28267@eureka.lemis.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SUOF0GtieIMvvwua" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5346-1370, +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: 0401 265 606. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Subject: Re: [TUHS] core X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 15 June 2018 at 10:21:44 -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM, A. P. Garcia > wrote: > >> jay forrester first described an invention called core memory in a lab >> notebook 69 years ago today. >> > ???Be careful -- Forrester named it and put it into an array and build a > random access memory with it, but An Wang invented and patented basic > technology we now call 'core' in 1955 2,708,722 > (calling it `dynamic > memory')???. Tha patent may date from 1955, but by that time it was already in use. Whirlwind I used it in 1949, and the IBM 704 (1954) used it for main memory. There are some interesting photos at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlskYvQACgkQIubykFB6QiMtEwCfXj+0n/Q3cpMgQgABJ/k68WA7 SW0AnRH/KcwN32f1dVCDVyT+GPwFmDbj =9Iwd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--