Incredible! So the memory chip holding a lot of core programming was damaged or failed, so they figured out which chip it was, but then there was no single place large enough to store this vital code, so they divided it up and distributed it throughout the remaining memory and now it works.

These people are brilliant.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

But how does plated-wire memory (core memory variant) fail with age and no mechanical damage? Or is it mechanical damage, vibrations?

Edit: or radiation exposure?

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Radiation damage and electrical components degrade by using them.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Maybe the ferromagnetic layer got brittle?

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