While magnetic-core memory replaced magnetic drums for a computer's working memory (RAM), magnetic tape was still the only option for long-term storage. What we needed, according to IBM ...

The reason they have that name is that magnetic core memory was the primary storage for computers back in the old days and many of us still refer to a computer’s main memory as “core.” ...

The System / 360, which was developed on a budget larger than the Apollo plan, was a huge success, and IBM has become a leader in the computer industry in the future. Magnetic core memory was a ...

One of our favorite musical hackers, [Look Mum No Computer] is getting dangerously ... Rope memory is the read-only sibling to magnetic core memory, the memory technology used to build some ...