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by helf 909 days ago
Oh! I would like to know what sort of reliability and headaches they had out of different types of memory! Drum, core, film memory etc.
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Every form of memory storage I was exposed to worked well except for the delay line storage unit in the controller for 2260 CRTs. IT WAS VERY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE and required a lot of maintenance. THANKFULLY it was not around very long.