How scarce (valuable) is core for the PDP-8?

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From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Wed Apr 21 23:20:32 1999

>Mike, PCI is 33mhz and core at best is 1mhz tthat would eb an expensive
>slow joke.
>
>Cores large enough for visual indication of magnetic field would be in the
>10-20AMPS select curent range. Not a real possibility.

Maybe so, but those are practicality issues, not feasibility.
Received on Wed Apr 21 1999 - 23:20:32 BST

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