Re: Programs that didn't need to be written - ScreenSaver5250 -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Programs that didn't need to be written - ScreenSaver5250
From: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:43:37 +0200
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Hello Peter,

Am 17.08.2022 um 07:49 schrieb Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>:

The IBM SE told me that the memory was magnetic core, hand wound, i.e. each bit was a metal ring with wires wound around it.

It's actually some kind of ferrite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory

:wq! PoC

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