Primary Memory
Primary memory was made up of 0.9 μs cycle time magnetic core modules. Each 36-bit word is organized as follows:
- 32 data bits
- 1 parity bit
- 3 program protection bits specifying which program (Operating System and up to 7 running applications) has access
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