>> Other manuals that would be good would be the (they did the Hardware)
>> manuals. I remember 2-3 years ago sitting in the computer room while at
>> sea, looking over and being dumbfounded that one of the guys was studying
>> core memory for a test he had to take.
>
>What is so odd about this? There is still LOTS of core still in use by the
>military. Why? Because you can beat the hell out of it.
At the time I wasn't into old computers, only the latest and greatest. As
such, core memory seemed incredibly ancient. We were on an Aircraft
Carrier, and to the best of our knowledge nothing was still using core.
Zane
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