Re: LGP-30 Memory Drum Update

[Jon Elson]

On 01/04/2017 06:05 AM, Christian Corti wrote:

The LGP-30 is similar, but the timing and long tracks 
(i.e. main memory) are not recirculating. Hence the reason 
why a word is limited to 31 bits, although the sector 
holds 32 bits. The last bit must be zero to reset the read 
circuitry for the next sector.

So, there is no inter-word gap to accommodate the write head 
switching?  I guess if everything is hard-synched to the 
clock track, then you can get away without that.  Interesting!

Jon