So it's almost like cloth, but made of wire?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> On Dec 15, 10:34, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> > I've never seen core in real life...... how small are the wires?
>
> Depends on the core, but thinner than hair, usually. There's a picture of
> an H214 core board on EBay at the moment; you'll see 12 large and 8 small
> dark rectangles on it.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309747460
>
> The larger rectangles measure approximately 5/8" x 2 1/4". Those
> rectangles are the core mat; it's an 8K x 16 bit core mat. Each of those
> 131072 ferrite cores has three wires going through it.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 14:47:41 GMT