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Threading the cores is indeed quite fiddly. I think back in the day, large numbers of seamstresses pivoted into manufacturing core memory!
by ocfnash 6y ago
Threading the cores is indeed quite fiddly. I think back in the day, large numbers of seamstresses pivoted into manufacturing core memory!
- hazeii 6y agoIf I recall correctly, the weaving was often done in Malta as it was the only place where the carpet weavers had fingers nimble enough to do it. (edit) a bit of digging around turned up an article [0] showing women building core memory for the Apollo Guidance Computer. [0] https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/02/that-time-when-computer-memory-was.html https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/02/that-time-when-compute...