磁鼓存储器

磁鼓記憶體（）是一种依靠磁介质的資料儲存裝置，為20世纪50年代和60年代计算机所用記憶體的早期形式，由Gustav Tauschek于1932年在奥地利发明。磁鼓为这套机制的主要工作储存單元，透過穿孔纸带或者打孔卡加载、取出資料。当时许多计算机采用了这种磁鼓記憶體，以至于它们常常被叫做“鼓机”（）。不过不久之后，磁芯記憶體等其他技术取代了磁鼓器成为了主要的儲存媒体，直到最后半导体記憶體进入了儲存媒体的领域。

外部链接

The Story of Mel  – the classic story about one programmer's drum machine hand-coding antics: Mel Kaye.
Librascope LGP-30  – The drum memory computer referenced in the above story, also referenced on Librascope LGP-30.
Librascope RPC-4000  – Another drum memory computer referenced in the above story
Oral history interview with Dean Babcock .  Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.   Babcock discusses various ERA projects including Project Lime; magnetic drum designs and capabilities; the work of Sidney Rubens and William Field on magnetic drums; and ERA's interaction with the Navy during the Korean War.

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