Information: Use of CRTs as Memory Devices

* The RCA 6499 Radechon can record analog and digital information, but it has no display screen. Nonetheless, read/write functions with continuously variable speed and random addressability are very interesting.
* The IBM 701 computer used the IBM 706 Electrostatic Storage Unit.
* This was the first ever RAM and used simple CRTs very much like any oscilloscope crt.
* Yes! You too can experiment with recording data on a CRT and watch it work! This is advanced material so enjoy it!

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6499-Jensen_Radechon_Circuits_Jun55.pdf
6499-Jensen_Radechon_Circuits_Jun55.pdf 		6499-radechon.pdf
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6499.pdf 		6499_Radecon_Mar56.pdf
6499_Radecon_Mar56.pdf
memory-tubes_barbour.pdf
memory-tubes_barbour.pdf 		US2951176.pdf
US2951176 APPARATUS FOR STORING TRAINS OF PULSES 		US2600255.pdf
US2600255 MOVING TARGET INDICATION RADAR SYSTEM 		US2686225.pdf
US2686225 CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR STORING AND RETRANSMITTING IMPULSES
US2776794.pdf
US2776794 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR MULTlPLYING BINARY NUMBERS 		US2777971.pdf
US2777971 INFORMATION STORAGE MEANS 		US2785855.pdf
US2785855 ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS 		US3012724.pdf
US3012724 ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTING DEVICES
US3176183.pdf
STORED SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT ELECTRON DISCHARGE DEVICE 		US3324466.pdf
US3324466 DATA RECORDING AND READOUT SYSTEM
There's probably much more on the web.
2019-01-10