Xref: utzoo comp.arch:23167 comp.misc:12879 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!m2c!wpi.WPI.EDU!rcarter From: rcarter@wpi.WPI.EDU (Randolph Carter) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.misc Subject: Magnetic core switches (was Re: Pneumatic computers) Keywords: Van Alyn,ancient Message-ID: <1991Jun9.205101.6023@wpi.WPI.EDU> Date: 9 Jun 91 20:51:01 GMT References: <1991May24.231620.15367@digi.lonestar.org> <_1KBHZB@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991Jun7.202331.19282@cbfsb.att.com> Organization: Kadath Tours, Inc. Lines: 7 Are magnetic core switches (not memory) still used for anything? -- /* rcarter@wpi.wpi.edu */ /* Amazing */ /* Joseph H. Allen */ int a[1817];main(z,p,q,r){for(p=80;q+p-80;p-=2*a[p])for(z=9;z--;)q=3&(r=time(0) +r*57)/7,q=q?q-1?q-2?1-p%79?-1:0:p%79-77?1:0:p<1659?79:0:p>158?-79:0,q?!a[p+q*2 ]?a[p+=a[p+=q]=q]=q:0:0;for(;q++-1817;)printf(q%79?"%c":"%c\n"," #"[!a[q-1]]);}