Emulators of Classic Computers

From: ronbain <ronbain_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon Jan 19 17:55:49 2004

How do you get off this list???

-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of William Donzelli
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:23 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Cc: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: Emulators of Classic Computers

> Repair of a single core plan? Absolutely!
> The size of the beads will determine what size
> needle threaded with wire to use.
> Early planes used beads so large that you can re-thread t
> hem with sewing needles!

Core planes are (were) often threaded without needles - there just
wasn't
enough room in each core for a needle once the first two (or three)
wires
were strung. The wire itself is the needle. IBM invented a very simple
solution - the wire to be strung was simply pulled apart gently. At the
break was a nicley formed taper.

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Mon Jan 19 2004 - 17:55:49 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:36:47 BST