Storing data in waves: Delay line memory

It’s the ’60s, and you don’t have access to a semiconductor fab to make piles of cheap memory for you, so how could you store data on your computer?

Well, MAKE subscriber Steve points us to one possible solution, courtesy of vintagecalcuators.com: delay line memories. Rather than having a bunch of individual units that store a bit each, these memory devices work by storing data in sound (compression) waves. The device consists of a long length of wire, with an actuator on one end toSource: MAKE: Blog RSS Feed

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