26 Jan
2016
26 Jan
'16
8:44 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
Excellent. Nice to know. Thank you,
Clem
Dr. Wang
invented the core memory at IBM BTW
Wang did make a magnetic-core storage device (a 2-core-per-bit
shift register) but Jay Forrester's core memory, first installed
on MIT's Whirlwind computer in 1953, is the one that actually
saw use and very quickly dominated the market.