Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal

2017-06-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctech
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 3:24 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech > wrote: > > On 06/07/2017 10:47 AM, Paul Koning via cctech wrote: > >> 6600 core memory is documented in great detail in the training manual >> which is on Bitsavers. It has conventional diagonal sense lines. It >>

Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal

2017-06-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctech
On 06/07/2017 10:47 AM, Paul Koning via cctech wrote: > 6600 core memory is documented in great detail in the training manual > which is on Bitsavers. It has conventional diagonal sense lines. It > does have some interesting design attributes, though. For one thing, > it has pairs of inhibit

Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal

2017-06-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctech
> On Jun 7, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Jon Elson via cctech > wrote: > > On 06/07/2017 09:12 AM, william degnan via cctech wrote: >> Where there any computers that used a "rectangular sense" core RAM? >> Whirlwind core is diagonal. This page describes the differences/evolution

Re: rectangular sense core vs. diagonal

2017-06-07 Thread Jon Elson via cctech
On 06/07/2017 09:12 AM, william degnan via cctech wrote: Where there any computers that used a "rectangular sense" core RAM? Whirlwind core is diagonal. This page describes the differences/evolution of the sense line. More: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Byte/76jul.html Were rectangular core

rectangular sense core vs. diagonal

2017-06-07 Thread william degnan via cctech
Where there any computers that used a "rectangular sense" core RAM? Whirlwind core is diagonal. This page describes the differences/evolution of the sense line. More: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/Byte/76jul.html Were rectangular core planes used in any commercial/government computer that saw