Rope memory is weird, but with a contraption made out of a lot of relays and an oscilloscope, [Francois] was able to capture data from these memory modules.

If you’ve heard of core rope memory, it will probably be in the context of vintage computing equipment such as Apollo-era NASA hardware. A string of magnetic cores and sense wires form a simple ...

The overall memory of the Apollo Guidance Computer was equivalent to 72kb (in modern terms) and the software had to be woven into the core rope memory, women in factories put the software together ...

As it turns out, this LOL memory stuff is quite important: it helped us to land on the Moon. As part of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Core Rope Memory was present in the Lunar Module, helping it land.

David Fisher, a professional rope jumper and performer, was honored by Westfield, Ind., on Monday after using a jump rope to rescue a teenager who had fallen through an icy pond.

The stories of the women who assembled integrated circuits and wove core memory for the Apollo missions remain largely unknown.

Of course, bubble memory replaced core memory. One example of the latter was the Apollo Guidance Computer, which incorporated the read-only core rope memory (it resembled a rope of woven copper wire).

For girls in the Pittsfield-based group ROPE, meeting Vice President Kamala Harris was a memory of a lifetime ...

A national water safety campaign which is helping save lives has come to North Ayrshire thanks to a couple who lost their son in a tragic accident.