On Jul 18, 2016 2:30 PM, "Ian S. King" <isk...@uw.edu> wrote: > > Absent physical trauma, core seems pretty durable. The electronics around > it may fail but the core planes themselves seem robust. At least that's > been my experience. -- Ian
There are known cases of IBM System/3 core that had failed beyond practical repair due to products of decayed air-sealing foam contacting and dissolving core plane wires. Mike