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Subject: Re: What this nation needs is a good 5c core plane
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 10:20:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 10:20:08 1986
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<2nd hand information - beware of the bull>

A friend worked out a way to string cores, and read them, using 2 wires
(not 3) per core. I never did understand the magnetics, but perhaps it
was inspired by margin tests and error-correcting codes.

<end 2nd hand>

Both he & I then noticed that we have a very simple way to make 2-wire
cores: viz dipping flywire into liquid (...) and letting the droplets
dry out at every intersection of 2 wires.

I doubt all this would have been practical, but it made some
EEs look ill, so I guess it would have been possible.

Anybody seen such a scheme? Is it possible? Core is still great if you
expect power glitches.

x@mit-prep.ai.mit.edu Disclaimer: I am not me.

ps: Potter Instrument used to have a name RAM: stood for "random
access memory". Did it ever get trademarked? Anyone hear of it
before then?
-- 
x@prep.ai.mit.edu (Dean Elsner)   Disclaimer: I am not me.