Core rope memory is a form of read-only memory (ROM) for computers, first used in the 1960s by early NASA Mars space probes and then in the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)and programmed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Instrumentation Lab and built by Raytheon. Software written by MIT programmers was woven into core rope memory by female workers in factories. Some programmers nicknamed the finished product LOL memory, for Little Old Lady memory. The below video is posted by the youtuber "Look mum no computer" 👇 He turned core rope memory into musical sequencer. AuthorI love experimenting with basically everything (engineering, science and loads of randomness Archives
May 2024
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