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NutmegCT said:
They'd bring back "really old memories" ...
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Old magnetic drum data storage like the ones I used to repair when I was a maintenance man on the NORAD SAGE computer system'

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and now for something completely different:

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BINGO! LOL, Only joking. Looks a little classy! Washing machine for handkerchiefs:highly_amused:. PJ
 
not even close!

But after using it, you might be awake all night.
 
Roaster it is! Another tip o' the Hatlo Hat!

The base goes over a small flame, the handle turns the ball with the beans inside.

Here's a *very* early version like the one we use at Sturbridge Village:

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Easy! The deer ran out of popcorn, and started chewing on a dish towel!
 
It's just a material thing.
 
coldplugs said:
Core memory.
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Bingo. Part of the magnetic core memory from the NORAD SAGE computer system (Air Defense system). It was an IBM Q7 computer. That piece represents 1 bit of a 33-bit computer word with about 10k addresses.

This is the "little memory" of 10k capacity (yes, 10 k). The "big" memory was a whopping 256k! (That's 1/4 of 1 meg).

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