Project Whirlwind: Recent submissions

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    • Bi-weekly Report, January 18, 1952 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-01-18)
      Bi-weekly progress report of Digital Computer Laboratory research teams.

    • Joint MIT-IBM Meeting on Memory-Core Measurements, September 1-2, 1953 

      Brown, David R. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-09-04)
      A two-day joint meeting was held to discuss measurement and evaluation of ferrite memory cores by MIT and IBM. During the first day, at Poughkeepsie, the specifications for selection of cores for the WWI bank-B memory and ...

    • Summary of MIT - IBM Collaboration, April 28 through May 30, 1953 inclusive 

      Kromer, A. P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-06-08)
      This interval is the first month in which IBM is operating under prime contract with the Air Force. The Lincoln Subcontract has been extended to July 31, 1953 to permit acquisition of certain items of test equipment. ...

    • Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting -- December 14, 1953 

      Kromer, A. P. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 2009-05-09)
      SDV demodulator circuitry has been reviewed and accepted. Phone line transmission characteristics are being determined in conjunction with Bell Laboratories Project ADES personnel. Simplification of equipment to handle ...

    • Z Plane Driver 

      Shansky, D. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-05-07)
      This memo outlines the specifications of the Z plane driver, estimates the total number of drivers required, and offers a tentative schematic diagram.

    • Joint MIT-IBM Meeting on Memory-Core Measurements, September 24, 1953 

      Brown, David R. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-10-02)
      A Joint MIT-IBM Core Measurement Committee will coordinate core measurement activity at MIT, IBM (High Street and Plant 2), general Ceramics, and RCA Victor. The round robin completed September 24 to calibrate measurement ...

    • Current Status of Basic Circuit Work 

      Heineck, Arthur W. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-08-21)
      This note contains most of the important points discussed at a Joint meeting of the IBM-MIT circuit design groups on August 19, 1953. The main points made at the meeting were: a. High-Speed Flip-Flop: The only remaining ...

    • 6889 Air Defense Bi-weekly, February 15, 1952 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-02-15)
      Bi-weekly progress report of Digital Computer Laboratory research teams.

    • Proposal for Reducing the Number of Tubes Used in Driving a Magnetic Matrix Switch 

      Raffel, J. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-07-09)
      A scheme is outlined which eliminates roughly half the bias drivers used in present models of the magnetic matrix switch. It calls for an increase of about 50% in the number of wires passing through a core in the switch.

    • Termination of E-Series Reports 

      Rathbone, R. R. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-07-28)
      The E-series report has been cancelled. All short, informal reports will now be issued as M-series reports. Internal distribution will be assigned by the author.

    • Summary of MIT - IBM Collaboration, June 1 thru June 30, 1953 inclusive 

      Kromer, A. P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-07-03)
      Engineering relations with IBM have continued in the same general manner as when they were a subcontractor to MIT. Logical and physical design of certain portions of the computer were mutually determined, and study of other ...

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism, LIV 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Goodenough, John B.; Menyuk, Norman; Baltzer, P. K. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-06-11)
      This memo is a summary of a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include a paper presented at the 1953 Spring meeting of The American Physical Society by C. L. Hogan.

    • Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting, November 30, 1953 

      Kromer, A. P. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 2009-05-09)
      Discussions at Poughkeepsie this week should resolve open questions on order code, input equipment, display system, cost estimates, specifications, equipment constructions, and other less significant points. Arrangements ...

    • West Coast Trip, July, 1953 

      Buck, Dudley A. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-07-31)
      A recent trip to the West Coast included visits to several laboratories engaged in the development of magnetic materials for digital-computer applications. Evaporated molybdenum Permalloy cores at NBS, Corona, have rectangular ...

    • The Incorporation of a Magnetic Matrix Switch into a Multiplanar Coincident-Current Magnetic Memory 

      Hughes, A. D. (MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, 1953-11-12)
      Master's Thesis Research Proposal on the Incorporation of a Magnetic Matrix Switch into a Multiplanar Coincident-Current Magnetic Memory. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the problem of driving a large (64 x ...

    • IBM Publications 

      Kromer, A. P. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-08-07)
      This memorandum provides a list of all IBM publications which have been received by Lincoln Laboratory, available for reference in the Whittemore Library.

    • Memory Test Computer Start-Stop Panel 

      von Buelow, Robert (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-05-11)
      The MTC Start-Stop panel in the console contains controls for the computer and its power. The function of each component is described here.

    • Summary of MIT--IBM Collaboration, July 1 thru July 31, 1953 

      Kromer, A. P. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-08-26)
      Engineering collaboration with IBM has continued during this period. Study of all phases of the logical and physical design of equipment is proceeding.

    • Laboratory Personnel 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1954-01-04)
      Memorandum listing Laboratory Personnel of the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory.

    • Sensing Winding Geometry 

      Raffel, J. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1953-08-06)
      The difference between the minimum wanted output (a system ONE) and the maximum unwanted output (a system ZERO) is the same for a winding which threads the cores so that each half of the memory plane has a different polarity ...