You had switches? We had to hard-wire the cores...

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:01 AM Carmen Vitullo <cvitu...@hughes.net> wrote:
> same here, but on a Univac processor we had in school, all done by
> switches.
>
>
> Carmen Vitullo
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> From: "Gary Weinhold" <weinh...@dkl.com>
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> I almost remember how to do it on an IBM 1620 and had to do it on an
> Amdahl 470 V6 (in two steps). But it was a machine language routine,
> but you seem to be referring to perhaps a buit-in function of the
> hardware.
>
> Gary
>
> BobL wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Who remembers how to "ripple core" on a 360/75J? Back in the day, I was
> taught that it "wrote un-digit zeros" to all storage locations (main + LCS)
> on the box. If course, an IPL was required after this was done.
> >
> > Not sure how widely it was used. A simple yes or no is OK if you cannot
> provide details. 😊
> >
> > Thanks!
> > BobL
>
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