[ale] Retro Computing

[Geoffrey]

Matthew Magee wrote:
> I actually was able to handle one of those memory devices on the bottom of the 
> first page.  My high school electronics instructor had one.  If I remember 
> correctly, they are just an array of wire with a metal bead strung at each 
> intersection.

I actually used a couple of them, on the job.  Guess that gives away my 
age a bit?  Used a pdp-11 for testing telephones at a Western Electric 
factory (later became AT&T and now Lucent).  Also was the operator for 
an IBM S360, ran literally everything in the factory.

> 
> Fun stuff!
> 
> On Wednesday 23 July 2003 09:47 pm, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 
>>Gotta love this stuff...
>>
>>
>>http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4102
> 
> 
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