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Russian phone dialler using interesting magnetic memory tech [video]
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userbinator
on Jan 2, 2022
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userbinator
on Jan 2, 2022
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Spoiler alert:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory
ta988
on Jan 2, 2022
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Unfortunately it doesn't explain how it works.
ggeorgovassilis
on Jan 3, 2022
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It doesn't :( I'm tempted to edit the article and add an explanation but it'll be slashed as "original research". OP's video explains the concept well however.
Animats
on Jan 2, 2022
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That's a mini version of a piece of telephone central office equipment called a Dimond ring translator.[1] From 1945. ROM, the early days.
[1]
http://etler.com/docs/Crossbar/articles/30-AMATranslator.pdf
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