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Re: Core memory
- To: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl (Timothy van der Linden)
- Subject: Re: Core memory
- From: kgstar@most.fw.hac.com (Kelly Starks x7066 MS 10-39)
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:57:00 -0500
- Cc: KellySt@aol.com, kgstar@most.fw.hac.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, bmansur@oc.edu
At 3:11 PM 3/12/96, Timothy van der Linden wrote:
>> > Why doesn't the magnetic field in the ferrite core degrade? (I assume the
>> > ferrite has some resistance.)
>>
>>Have you ever known other magnets to degrade? Once magnetized, a
>>material won't demagnetize unless exposed to heat above its Curie point
>>or another sufficiently strong magnetic field.
>
>Oh, now I understand, you create a permanent magnetic field just like
>magnetic discs and tapes. (I though you created a current in the core) So in
>fact the cores don't need to be closed completely.
>
>Tim
Yeah, but of you don't close them they fall of the wires. ;)
It works but its an unbeleavably cumbersom system.
Kelly
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