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_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_24,HTML_MESSAGE,LOTS_OF_MONEY,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no 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 3df54f7a for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:22:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 376799EE03; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:22:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5127A9EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:22:21 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b=YgglyTWx; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 316D79EDE4; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:22:17 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-it0-f53.google.com (mail-it0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC0D49C1EB for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 00:22:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-it0-f53.google.com with SMTP id l6-v6so2945506iti.2 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:22:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=K+EFEW+fx9b8wqLCMoKtpGCNWfMSeGbpMzLsEgGAPME=; b=YgglyTWxardkj1WpKL+mBLDL8I+xMODhQCZdhKUQIBTsA25gdplfyJiw4YptVx6t5v TSnf1PVXkFr5e/BybefNONyrlH6bDL4VdIaHMn7PGNvLIeGjNYOoxXq6H7cGJl+nYJ0B DQkpGk3LyWAQP4SDDMyzlWnZr2pajov7tlyFA= 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=K+EFEW+fx9b8wqLCMoKtpGCNWfMSeGbpMzLsEgGAPME=; b=hxFtfaE0BM5A8DWOYwa7Tw4SfX7b4A00xYgvJL4RJZY8sofyBOq+v94MIyRpp8WALe is5Zi0N12qy2JVfGHyasPvtn7S7n1Ylx00mhdOCL8csHP2hZoDqtKKxiO/o+mPAjdvA5 Zn4ptlCaWw3OIWavoupAI02IGJ1UW6Ls9LhvsYy/l5OsGGw1RSFOw3lSGmgt2K+TtmOL MAOmoGS6DIMSDsGj6ObhsLQhNp4xEqz26+LK53KwspTor85BTCF8KFzyn8C9Ln8SJhd1 m+N1F3OYvheqM9RMAAljSqTzZdTfBhAN55EeGfHUyYl2/6ci+QlqF2lcKonK2bXhqRvP YaxQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E0iL96dIAuMR3btPADm3MOsl5HWCbA4yuRqhGUiLjM5Ee9ycuOG iCMX8lNx/iOYyv3TZ2xuEGutvuVf6VZym46iwAg7+g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJkNEluu1E6ahAkDjixPw7mJQTp3aIEKb2C6Y6zaL9ehSFG9dCcWz26mrzZFpIffeajk0GYeSbvddP7wADxDko= X-Received: by 2002:a02:1bdd:: with SMTP id 90-v6mr1017329jas.136.1529072535040; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:22:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a4f:ca8a:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2018 07:21:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Clem Cole Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:21:44 -0400 Message-ID: To: "A. P. Garcia" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000499a66056eaef1f4" 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" --000000000000499a66056eaef1f4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 buil= d 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 can= 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 --000000000000499a66056eaef1f4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 7:19 AM, A. P. Garcia <a.phi= llip.garcia@gmail.com> wrote:
jay forrester fir= st 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 build a random access me= mory with it, but An Wang invented and patented basic technology we now cal= l '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 cam= e about), Wang thought Forrester's use of his idea was great, but Wang&= #39;s patent was the broader one.=C2=A0
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There is an interesting history of Wa= ng and his various fights at:=C2=A0An Wang - The Man Who Mi= ght Have Invented The Personal Computer=C2=A0
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