I think I'd agree with the other lad. At least in the DEC world, even the foreign-made core never dipped much below the $2/bit range just because of labor costs.
> Ok, this is obscure to the max, but: ISTR real core costing $1/byte. > Someone else says: > "$1 a byte was extrordinarily cheap for 1971. Ferrite core was going for > up to $2 per BIT." > > Of course, he then goes on to talk about PDPs, so maybe he's talking about > core made in Maynard instead of Mexico... > > Anyway: do any of the other old-timers remember anything about this?
