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The '''Ampex ARM10''' was [[main memory]] for the [[PDP-10]], which connected to the [[PDP-10 memories|external memory bus]]. There were almost certainly three different forms, sharing only the name: a 256K [[core memory]] unit (reported on the [[KA10]] MIT-AI [[ITS]] machine); the large '''ARM-10L''' was also a core system; finally, there are [http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/pdp-10/ reports] of one which provided "four mega-words of [[error-correcting code|ECC]]-protected [[semiconductor]] memory (using 64K [[Dynamic RAM|DRAM]]s)".
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The '''Ampex ARM10''' was [[main memory]] for the [[PDP-10]], which connected to the [[PDP-10 memories|external memory bus]]. There were almost certainly at least two different forms, sharing only the name: a 256K [[word]] [[core memory]] unit (reported on the [[KA10]] MIT-AI [[ITS]] machine); the large '''ARM-10L''' was also a core system.
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Finally, there are [http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/pdp-10/ reports] of one which provided "four mega-words of [[error-correcting code|ECC]]-protected [[semiconductor]] memory (using 64K [[Dynamic RAM|DRAM]]s)"; that it likely the [[Ampex ARM20]].
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** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102618528 Magnetic core memory] - core module
 
** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102618528 Magnetic core memory] - core module
 
** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102618529 Magnetic core memory] - core module
 
** [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102618529 Magnetic core memory] - core module
 
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Revision as of 18:31, 6 June 2022

The Ampex ARM10 was main memory for the PDP-10, which connected to the external memory bus. There were almost certainly at least two different forms, sharing only the name: a 256K word core memory unit (reported on the KA10 MIT-AI ITS machine); the large ARM-10L was also a core system.

Finally, there are reports of one which provided "four mega-words of ECC-protected semiconductor memory (using 64K DRAMs)"; that it likely the Ampex ARM20.

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