Cores, light bulb goes on ...

From: Mark Tapley <mtapley_at_swri.edu>
Date: Mon May 3 18:42:39 1999

>My experience of (attempting) to cut/drill magnets is that they are
>_very_ hard, and almost nothing will even mark them.

Mine too. It is possible, but horrendous, to reverse the drill bit, get
some abrasive slurry, and *grind* a hole through a magnet. You gotta need
it pretty bad, and I'll lay odds no-one will build a core memory board this
way.
                                                        - Mark
Received on Mon May 03 1999 - 18:42:39 BST