[SunHELP] Core file

Brian Hechinger sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed May 16 12:33:54 CDT 2001


>> ok, i don't feel so bad anymore.  i'm not even that old.  :)  although i do
>> have a few machines that use core memory, so that doesn't help either. :)
>
> REAL core? Like the wire lattice with the little ring magnets at the
> intersections?                  

yup.

> Can't say I've ever seen a working machine with that in it. What is it?

PDP-8e that actually runs.  got a whole bunch (somewhere) of spare flip-chips
and a second PDP-8 that needs to be revived.

i'm a huge fan of the old PDP machines.

-brian



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