Mar 7, 2022
It's
no secret, I'm a big fan of memory. Not only is memory crucial for
the functioning of a computer, it's also plain weird. This episode
we are looking at magnetic core memory; a technology that defined
computing for more than two decades. We'll be talking about how it
works, the impacts of ferrite, and the surprising controversy
surrounding it's creation.
Selected Sources:
https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_datamation_31792007/page/n161/mode/2up
- Datamation coverage of the patent disputes
http://johngustafson.net/pubs/pub57/ABCPaper.htm -
Recreation of ABC
https://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC0196_wang701029.pdf
- Wang Oral History
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/core.html
- Diagrams and photos of magnetic cores
