Project Whirlwind: Recent submissions

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    • MTC Meeting of August 15, 1952 

      Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-08-20)
      Decisions and progress relevant to the proposed Memory Test Computer (MTC) are summarized for distribution to those interested, and to trace development of the computer.

    • Internal Documents on Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Cores 

      Papian, William N. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-01-18)
      A listing of reports, Engineering Notes, and Memoranda on various aspects of the ferromagnetic core activity is presented.

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism, XLV 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-03-31)
      This memo is a summary of a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include angular momentum, spin operators, the principles involved in the spin reversal of electrons, and externally applied magnetic fields.

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism XII 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-11-14)
      This memo is a summary of a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include the lag in the magnetization change of a substance when the polarity of a magnetic field is applied to a ferromagnetic material, a coupled harmonic ...

    • Laboratory Personnel 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-06)
      Memorandum supplement listing changes in room assignments and telephone numbers of Laboratory Personnel of the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory.

    • Quarterly Status Report, Contract N5ori-06002 January through March, 1952 

      Linvill, William K. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 2009-05-08)
      This report is a survey of the work done on ONR project NR 232-001, under the extension of Contract N5ori-06002, for the first quarter of 1952. Work is continuing on application of the computer to a control system. During ...

    • Whirlwind II Meeting of July 25, 1952 

      Taylor, Norman H.; Jeffrey, R. C. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-07-28)
      Work on magnetic circuits for logical applications was reviewed by H. Rising, R. Sims and G. Briggs.

    • WWII Memory Address Selection System, PB No. 61 

      Edwards, N.; Papian, William N. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-08)
      This note is intended to satisfy item I (General Description of Function Needed) of the WWII time schedule for these subjects.

    • Minutes of Joint MIT - IBM Conference Held at Hartford Connecticut January 20, 1953 

      Kromer, A. P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-01-26)
      Minutes of a Joint MIT - IBM Conference held at Hartford, Connecticut on January 20, 1953. The purpose of the meeting was to afford opportunity to present to the large number of people engaged on different portions of the ...

    • Conference on Magnetic-core Switching Phenomena 

      Katz, A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-06-16)
      A conference was held at which the eddy-current shielding problem was discussed and plans for its solution formulated.

    • Whirlwind II Meeting of February 1, 1952 

      Taylor, Norman H. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-02-06)
      This note abstracts the discussion of the meeting attended by the following engineers. It is intended to provide a record to trace the evolution of the WWII system.

    • Whirlwind II Meeting of March 21, 1952 

      Taylor, Norman H.; Mayer, Rollin P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-03-25)
      Memorandum on the Whirlwind II meeting of March 21, 1952 on different approaches to building the WWIA prototype computer.

    • Metallographic Studies of Ferrites 

      Brown, David R. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-04)
      Metallographic studies of ferrites will be conducted by both Group 35 and Group 63. Group 35 will undertake a long-range program of fundamental studies. They will do a very thorough job on any samples supplied to them by ...

    • Trip to General Ceramics, Jan. 9, 1952 

      Brown, David R. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-01-10)
      The development of ferrite cores suitable for use in a high-speed memory and other computer circuits was discussed with the Vice President and Research Staff of General Ceramics and Steatite Corporation. Considerable ...

    • Design and Tests of Electronic Circuits for Operating Safety Margins 

      Forrester, Jay W. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-09-21)
      A detailed laboratory test of circuits should be made to measure the operating margins and the sensitivity of the circuit to component changes. Also a measurement of marginal checking effectiveness is needed. A curve of ...

    • WWII Block Diagrams Meeting of April 10, 1952 

      Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-04-10)
      This note summarizes the discussion for the benefit of those who may wish to trace the development of thought on this subject.

    • Summary of IBM - MIT Collaboration, October 27, 1952 to November 30, 1952 inclusive 

      Kromer, A. P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-03)
      In the initial month following issuance of letter of intent considerable interchange of engineering information between IBM and MIT has taken place. Discussions held upon occasion of visits by representatives of each ...

    • MTC Meeting of August 4, 1952 

      Woolf, Julius (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-08-14)
      This note is an outline of a visit made by N.T. Jones, D. Eckl, I. Aronson, and J. Woolf to the Chapel Hill Raytheon Plant in Newton, and the discussion held on the Raytheon transistor.

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism, XIX 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-17)
      This memo is a summary of a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include the properties of metals, allowed energy levels, and the distribution of electrons over these levels.

    • IBM Relations 

      Kromer, Arthur P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-03-11)
      Memorandum on the location of International Business Machines Corporation personnel and organizations working with the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory.