Changeset 219 in t29-www for en/computer/storage-media.shtm


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About 45 user contributions for language improvement of the English homepage. Thank you so much! Unfortunately the system wasn't fully finished at that time (last weekend) so I don't have your names/locations yet :( - so if you read this text and want to be mentioned on the website, just write a mail.

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    112112    <p>During the years the capacity of core memory devices was increased more and more while the dimensions were shrinked accordingly. This picture shows a core memory plane made in the time frame 1975 - 1978. The area shown equals
    113        that of the 144 bit memory by Triumph shown earlier. Now there are more then 16000 cores on the same area. The individual cores can only be seen with the aid of a magnifying glass. The whole core memory block contains 16 planes like this containing more then 256000 single cores (this is equivalent to 32 kB of data) occupying a volume of about 2.5 cubic decimeters. This device marks the end of the era of core memory.</p>
     113       that of the 144 bit memory by Triumph shown earlier. Now there are more than 16000 cores on the same area. The individual cores can only be seen with the aid of a magnifying glass. The whole core memory block contains 16 planes like this containing more than 256000 single cores (this is equivalent to 32 kB of data) occupying a volume of about 2.5 cubic decimeters. This device marks the end of the era of core memory.</p>
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    115115    <p>The smaller the individual cores the faster the access time &ndash; this device features an access time of only 200 ns. One drawback of core memory is that reading the information stored in a row of cores destroys the information. So every read access has to be followed by a write access to retain the information (reading from a core memory takes more time than writing to the memory which is a rather unique "feature" of this technology).</p>
     
    154154       <p>While research and development in the Goddard Space Flight Center of the US space
    155155          program, NASA, the american government closed a deal with UNIVAC to develop a
    156           storage medium with a total input power less then 1 Watt, non-destructive readout
     156          storage medium with a total input power less than 1 Watt, non-destructive readout
    157157          (that is, no more neccessarity to write the informations after reading them),
    158158          high capacity, low cycle time and functionality in a temperature range from
    159159          -20° C to +50°C (-4°F to 122°F).
    160           <br/>In this way the plated wire storage was developed, based on a cuple of
     160          <br/>In this way the plated wire storage was developed, based on a couple of
    161161          genious ideas. Unfortunately, nowadays it is very error-prone.</p>
    162162       <p>Clicking on the photography will yield further informations about the
     
    170170       <img src="/shared/photos/rechnertechnik/speichermedien/lochband-combitron.jpg" alt="A two channel punched tape from the DIEHL combitron calculator" width="424" height="322" />
    171171       <p class="bildtext">
    172            As already described before (section <a class="go" href="programmable.shtm">programmable 2nd generation desktop calculators</a>), the DIEHL Combitron calculator used a time delay memory (like the magnetostrictive memory described elsewhere). Since this type of memory is volatily, DIEHL needed a non-volatile memory for the overall control of the machine. This had been implemented using a two channel punched tape. The first channel serves as a clock channel while the second channel contains the actual control data.
     172           As already described before (section <a class="go" href="programmable.shtm">programmable 2nd generation desktop calculators</a>), the DIEHL Combitron calculator used a time delay memory (like the magnetostrictive memory described elsewhere). Since this type of memory is volatile, DIEHL needed a non-volatile memory for the overall control of the machine. This had been implemented using a two channel punched tape. The first channel serves as a clock channel while the second channel contains the actual control data.
    173173           <br/>During the startup of the calculator, the contents of this punched tape were copied to the time delay memory which then took over control of the machine.
    174174        </p>
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