Computer History Museum
Computer History Museum: Core Memory
Brief description of Core Memory, a reliable high-speed storage device developed during the 1950s. The various memory artifacts are on display at the Computer History Museum. This site provides a glimpse into the development of the...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory
Magnetic core memory was developed in the late 1940s and 1950s, and remained the primary way in which early computers read, wrote and stored data until RAM came along in the 1970s. (Java tutorial)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory 1949
At the dawn of the computer age, magnetic core memory helped make data storage possible, and showed surprising staying power in a field where components are constantly being replaced by new and improved products.