Hand-threaded rectangular core memory enclosure after cleaning and straightening wirewrap pins. Imagine you're looking at the edges of a set of cores stacked on top of each other within this enclosure. The backplane of wires you see is the "loop around" side of each core plane wire. The outside of the frame. Click image for larger view.

This false-color closeup shows how the pins used to hold the wirewrap in place have been bent. Note actual memory magnets are inside of the enclosure. What you see here is the "loop around" of the wiring used to hold the core magnets. Click image for larger view.

This image shows the dirt and dust. Image has false colors. Click image for larger view.

This section cleaned up nicely. Click image for larger view.

The rectangular sense core wiring is I believe limited to 1024 cores. Diagonal sense (with a diagonal wire axis) replaced it. Click image for larger view.

Not sure the date of this core, it could have been made in the early 1950's but there is no way to know yet for sure. What computer used this kind of core? The use of diagonal sense core became the standard by 1955. Maybe this was an experiemental core for some engineering purpose. Click image for larger view.

Side corner view. Click image for larger view.