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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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