Some Really Old Memory.

ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
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<div class="IPBDescription">From my grandpa.</div> Here's some photos I snapped of this memory board. It's about 114 x 180 millimeters.

It's got two sets of 765 little metal rings. It's got a matrix of wires woven though them all so that a charge can be applied at any one of the rings. It's read and written to by doing something spiffy to the magnetic states of the little rings.

My grandfather gave me this along with some punchcards. It's pretty cool. I'll post some pics of the punchcards if anyone's interested enough.

--Scythe--
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    That's amazing, how many kilobytes can it hold?
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    That is awesome. How much memory is it?

    Please do post more pics! :D
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    more pics!!! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> thats awesome dude
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    edited April 2004
    Do the maths yourself nubs.

    2 x 765 bits =

    191.25 bytes.

    Woo.

    I shall post more pics soon provided I can figure out how to use the macro mode on my digicam properly. ^_^

    --Scythe--
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I find it being 765 bits very unlikely. That isn't a power of 2, which is like a fundamental thing w/ computer stuffs.

    O.o
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    I just recounted, 51 by 15. That's 765... odd.

    MORE PIKTUARS!

    --Scythe--
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    edited April 2004
    Woo.

    EDIT: The green cover fits over the ring matrix.

    --Scythe--
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    now how about a pic of you holding it and smiling at the camera?
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    I am naught but your humble servant.

    --Scythe--
    me.jpg 137.4K
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Ugh, nevermind! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    But I think the thing we all want to know is, how big of a fire will it start if you try and run Half-Life 2 on it?
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  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    Now how about a picutre of you holding the memory stick while running around in the garden? And maybe in the rain!
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    Scythe>me
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Scythe you are scary, you're like "I'll have the memory stike with fava beans and your liver!"

    But other than that what a nifty peice of junk! That could be worth money some day.
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  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRBelong2Us+Apr 12 2004, 11:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRBelong2Us @ Apr 12 2004, 11:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Scythe you are scary, you're like "I'll have the memory stike with fava beans and your liver!"

    But other than that what a nifty peice of junk! That could be worth money some day. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    and a nice chianti!
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    Nice, though I recently saw a 1 Gb hard disk that was the size of a car wheel (no joke <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Deep fry that badboy and eat it. Or use it as a plate. Or make it into some bling.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    edited April 2004
    Coolies. Would that be "core memory"? Learned about a kind of old memory called core memory which was described as what that looks like. Always thought the rings were bigger.
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