[Milsurplus] Old CPUs

[J. Forster]

Might well be, but you could buy FOUR VW Beatles for the cost of one core
plane!!

-John

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>>Back in '69, Data General core was going for $4000 for a 4 K Word plane.
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> But that's understandable for core memory.  I'd bet that today building
> the same core would be the inflation adjusted equivalent of $4000.
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> The flight computer for the warhead bus on ballistic missiles 30 years
> ago used plated-wire memory technology for ROM.  That has excellent
> EMP survivability!
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> Mike / KK5F
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