On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:55:46 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>A popular one afrom the beginning of mainframe computers was core memory 
>(see e.g. http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/core.html).

Just wandering down memory lane I looked up the Honeywell H316 as it was the
first computer that I worked on. At one time marketed as "The Honeywell Kitchen
Computer" LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_316

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/series16/h316/70130072179A_RealTimeClk_May69.pdf

I found a site with lots of documents even circuit diagrams
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/series16/h316/

36 Meg pdf
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/series16/h316/70130072166AV_316_ModulesAndParts_Nov74.pdf

Bookmark 2-07 gives the "Principles of Magnetic Core Operation"

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Regards
     Stephen

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