It's weird that my university textbooks treat core memory as the de facto way computers stored data for immediate use (after it was read from the the drum or {m

It's weird that my university textbooks treat core memory as the de facto way computers stored data for immediate use (after it was read from the the drum or {magnetic|paper} tape). Now it's up there with Nixie tubes and penny-farthing racing as some sort of retro hobby thing (although Nixie tubes are way more aesthetically pleasing). I feel old now. Get off my lawn.