working magnetic drum stores?

From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Date: Fri Mar 26 03:39:28 2004

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:35:08 +0000
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Just out of curiousity, does anyone still have a working drum storage
> device? wondering if any working examples have survived...
There is a Zuse Z23 from the 50's in Karlsruhe / Germany. It is a serial
architecture, tube based machine with core memory for the working
registers and two drums for main storage. It is still in working
condition!
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tsch??,
       Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
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