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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_MESSAGE, LOTS_OF_MONEY,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID 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 d206e4fb for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:11:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 90C739EDF4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:11:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09BA29EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:11:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=U/xJmMEH; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BAE4A9EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:11:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr0-f171.google.com (mail-wr0-f171.google.com [209.85.128.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E183D9C1EB for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:11:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr0-f171.google.com with SMTP id a12-v6so10296817wro.1 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:11:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=/uV7iCqZk1Ir8BNzxhd2lt06+IMpbjRAertIqbl6kco=; b=U/xJmMEH6NbBmULbTwHDM7L6+Nve7IQcLnSC5hL0vtXgDf+2ONg6yJm+hrJmqe9vR3 gt3exUeBkagiL5l8Q4FkVCUbezTXOgzKOtUbCSV0YU1+1ZJUMFrRepwdqoKpYDPqkCnE BtqbebQpRZsow1ERdaT2eyaThsJDsqtwZXqMt/Q2y2FBH7KpZdORLf5X3eqqQsLJ4EJk GJh2uVgjgo7GOSdUUqbKuOLMdIxTh+7D8t3pGh7zW3UPkF83FLCOPx2Ts7aD6VcWyeIG eSE63AsRIGd354DTPddaKvb507stBtstRl212LDpXhhU59vmyjCJvteNeNbMxH4VNECr T+Zw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/uV7iCqZk1Ir8BNzxhd2lt06+IMpbjRAertIqbl6kco=; b=jT7qRUfOirdLcvLi5EDCvOOvKAN2rFzq2oPofWuSck+140ZVRD8BFcL6MR9m/kJsYc k4uTlDj3xffg8U8GbHVuqO/9Jgm0ylMXAw+xi9A/eYPHMwF93PdCB0J7gQpZYnMD4i5v IOrUa+Dq8sJk3lEl3ldzh5WtN0GOjzc96ciDqce8D3w2i6lIUFV4N0S4lnlMdR2XHvWU vivfevvgBhv7QYKAC02o4iMqs0FUTVOul2Urnkv5JT2locIvFwmZ6sOY8Xz4oDLAc7bo JyM5raqS7mes3PHt6dQTSV1ShOGsmuyAhD1wcOnXzi+EtmAf2QqXaHsnSm64LlE5FH1Y 5/0A== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2SXfMoAyqAYy32lKqopF5MB4Tl/vQGE6iiFEIYLKD0nwMUjXPY l+Ecd2HHzpQJZ7tYAIbomywf2lxk50vMUyfnmzo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKKgOjJROD7HJk49I31wparnsyRKdp/VM4Vb6+F4SszWb6Qo2TdZPVv0aX6FOCfhSN59EYvxLdyeU1prK80DWQ0= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f281:: with SMTP id k1-v6mr1897364wro.263.1529075480499; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:11:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:adf:ed0d:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:11:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: "John P. Linderman" Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:11:19 -0400 Message-ID: To: Clem Cole Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d99c36056eafa0ab" 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" --000000000000d99c36056eafa0ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Excerpt from the article Clem pointed to: The company was called Wang Laboratories and it specialised in magnetic memories. He used his contacts to sell magnetic cores which he built and sold for $4 each. 4 bucks a bit! On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM, 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. >> > =E2=80=8BBe careful -- Forrester named it and put it into an array and bu= ild 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')=E2=80=8B. As I understand it (I'm old, but not that old so I c= an not > speak from experience, as I was a youngling when this patent came about), > Wang thought Forrester's use of his idea was great, but Wang's patent was > the broader one. > > There is an interesting history of Wang and his various fights at: An > Wang - The Man Who Might Have Invented The Personal Computer > > > =E1=90=A7 > --000000000000d99c36056eafa0ab Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Exc= erpt from the article Clem pointed to:

The company was called Wang Laboratories and it specialised in magnetic= memories. He used his contacts to sell magnetic cores which he built and s= old for $4 each.

4 bucks = a bit!=C2=A0

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com&g= t; wrote:

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On Fri, Jun= 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM, A. P. Garcia <a.phillip.garcia@gmail.com> wrote:
jay forrester first described an inventio= n called core memory in a lab notebook 69 years ago today.
=E2=80=8BBe careful -- Forrester named it an= d put it into an array and build a random access memory with it, but An Wan= g invented and patented basic technology we now call 'core' in 1955= =C2=A0=C2=A02,708,722 =C2=A0(calling it `dynamic memory')=E2=80= =8B.=C2=A0 =C2=A0As I understand it (I'm old, but not that old so I can= not speak from experience, as I was a youngling when this patent came abou= t), Wang thought Forrester's use of his idea was great, but Wang's = patent was the broader one.=C2=A0

There is an interesting history of Wang and= his various fights at:=C2=A0An Wang - Th= e Man Who Might Have Invented The Personal Computer=C2=A0
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