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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Core memory
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Date: 20 Jul 88 14:17:30 GMT
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jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) writes:
> I could say more [about building core memory], but it's a dead technology.

	Is it?  I remember reading somewhere (IEEE Spectrum a few years
ago?) that the space shuttle uses core memory because it is 1) radiation
hard and 2) static (i.e. no loss of memory on loss of power).  Apparently
the slow speed, power-hungry operation, and low information density are
outweighted by the other factors.  Can anybody corroborate this?
-- 
Roy Smith, System Administrator
Public Health Research Institute
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