[TUHS] Delay line memory (was: Clever code)

Greg 'groggy' Lehey grog at lemis.com
Thu Dec 15 16:30:47 AEST 2022


On Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at  7:31:12 -0700, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> For us (relative) youngsters, can you explain some more how delay
> line memory worked?

At a slight tangent, if you're ever in Melbourne (Australia, of
course), you should take a look at CSIRAC, allegedly the oldest intact
computer still in existence.  It had delay line memory.  I took some
photos of it years ago:
http://www.lemis.com/grog/photos/Photos.php?dirdate=20040904

Greg
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