Tuesday, July 21, 2015

"Before the advent of the magnetic core store system for fast read and write computer memory (RAM), the most...

"Before the advent of the magnetic core store system for fast read and write computer memory (RAM), the most successful was the CRT system."

GASP!
http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/williams_kilburn_williams_kilburn_ram.html
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2 comments:

  1. Jeff NMEJuly 22, 2015 at 6:46 AM

    Some-one forgot about mercury delay-line memory, which predates CRT memory. :-)

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  2. Ed SJuly 22, 2015 at 12:13 PM

    But, as with nickel delay lines, Jeff NME, these are not random access technologies - they are recirculating technologies. Like drums and disks, the latency to get your data depends on where it is and when you want it.

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