DEC core question

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan_dicks_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Dec 11 17:27:07 1999

--- Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net> wrote:
> OK all you DECheads, here's a question for you. I have a DEC core memory
> board that says H213 on the handle. A stick on label on the back says "4K
> x16" but etched into the board it says "16k x 19 bits". Why the
> difference? (I know about parity so forget the extra three bits.)

Can you see the core mats or is there an opaque cover? I have some stuff
that may be the same thing you have (from an 11/05). Mine is marked
similarly, but three of the mats are blank.

I suspect that the same PCB could be used in several machines, including
an 18-bit machine w/parity, depending on how many mats were wired.

-ethan


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