From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:44:42 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] PDP-11 questions In-Reply-To: <201601262007.u0QK7LvL027562@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> References: <201601262007.u0QK7LvL027562@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Message-ID: On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Doug McIlroy wrote: > > Dr. Wang invented the core memory at IBM BTW > > Wang did make a magnetic-core storage device (a 2-core-per-bit > shift register) but Jay Forrester's core memory, first installed > on MIT's Whirlwind computer in 1953, is the one that actually > saw use and very quickly dominated the market. > ​Excellent. Nice to know. Thank you, Clem​ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: