On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:26:31 -0400 Christopher Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Was reading the Wikipedia article on Drum memories: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_memory#External_links > > And came across this tidbit. > > As late as 1980, PDP-11/45 machines using magnetic core main memory > and drums for swapping were still in use at many of the original UNIX > sites. This uncited claim was introduced 15 years ago, along with the commit comment "Hey, I saw drums (and core memory!) on PDP 11/45 hardware running UNIX v6 (pre-BSD) in 1980 ... " So, someone anonymous saw some once, somewhere, and promoted this to "many sites."
