Mercury Memory

Article View: sci.electronics

Article #2944

#2944

From: John Schuch
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 19:16

14 lines
1139 bytes

I was watching the PBS program "The Machine That Changed The World"
last night ( the series deals with the history of computers ).
They mentioned some sort of data storage device called a mercury
tank. If I remember correctly it was used in the ENIAC computer
system. Anybody know what it is or how it works?

John

------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Schuch           hbg6@citek.mcdphx.mot.com            (602)438-3008
------------------------------------------------------------------------
      One wonders if there would be such a pursuit of artificial
      intelligence if there were more of the natural kind around.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Apr14.191624.7806@phx.mcd.mot.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!hbg6

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!hbg6
From: hbg6@phx.mcd.mot.com (John Schuch)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Mercury Memory
Message-ID: <1992Apr14.191624.7806@phx.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:16:24 GMT
Sender: news@phx.mcd.mot.com
Distribution: usa
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Tempe, Az.
Lines: 14
Nntp-Posting-Host: qis1.phx.mcd.mot.com