Project Whirlwind: Recent submissions

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    • WWII Block Diagrams Meeting of April 16-17, 1952 

      Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-04-28)
      This note summarizes the discussion at the above meetings for the benefit of those who may wish to trace the development of thought on the subject.

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism XVIII 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-24)
      This memo is a summary of a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include the Pauli Exclusions Principle, magnetism, and quantum mechanics.

    • WWII Block Diagrams Meeting of May 27 & 29, 1952 

      Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-06-04)
      This note summarizes the discussion at the above meeting for the benefit of those who may wish to trace the course of thought on the subject.

    • Group 63 Seminar on Magnetism, Appendix III 

      Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-11)
      Appendix to a memo for a Group 63 seminar on magnetism. Topics include the wave motion associated with particle motion, De Broglie's postulate, and Davisson and Germer's confirmation.

    • Laboratory Personnel 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-01)
      Memorandum listing Laboratory Personnel of the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory.

    • MTC Accumulator Test 

      Anderson, Harlan E. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-03-10)
      A high speed self checking test was used to test the MTC accumulator. Every gate tube and buffer tube was tested at a time when it should pass a pulse and at a time when it should not pass a pulse. Marginal checking of ...

    • WWII Block Diagrams Meeting of April 24, 1952 

      Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-05-05)
      This report summarizes the discussion at the above meeting for the benefit of those who may wish to trace the course of thought on the subject.

    • Ad Hoc Conference on FeNi₃ 

      Buck, Dudley A.; Goodenough, John B.; Loeb, Arthur L.; Menyuk, Norman (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-03-25)
      The undersigned continued the discussion on FeNi₃ initiated by Dudley Buck at the seminar on magnetism, the meaning of order-disorder and entropy were examined. Hysteresis loops, saturation magnetization and Curie point ...

    • Progress Report to the Department Committee on Graduate Study and Research 

      Buck, Dudley A. (MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, 2009-05-08)
      Progress Report to the Department Committee on Graduate Study and Research on an Investigation of Ferroelectrics for Digital Information Storage

    • Boundary Conditions for Whirlwind II Design 

      Forrester, Jay W. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-04-24)
      Memorandum on minimum boundary conditions and relative values of machine parameters to guide logical planning for Whirlwind II design.

    • Progress Report to the Department Committee on Graduate Study and Research 

      Buck, Dudley A. (MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, 2009-05-08)
      Progress Report to the Department Committee on Graduate Study and Research on an Investigation of Ferroelectrics for Digital Information Storage

    • The Effect of Size of Metal cores on Pulse and Hysteresis Measurements 

      Jenney, R. F. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-09-25)
      Metallic cores with small dimensions switch faster, have greater outputs, and can be driven with lower currents than large cores.

    • Magnetic Core Matrix Switch Adder 

      Schultz, Carl J. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-03-09)
      The principle of operation of the three input-two output matrix adders is based upon the saturable transformer characteristics of the magnetic cores. The control and driving windings are matrix connected. This presents a ...

    • Internal Publications of the Arithmetic Element Section 

      Jacobs, John F. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-10-07)
      This memo is a summary of the internal publications of the arithmetic element section.

    • Trip to Control Instrument Co., August 27, 28, 29 and September 3, 1952 

      Paine, B. B. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-09-09)
      After we instructed them in regard to proper soldering of connections, Control Instrument Co. and their subcontractor have increased greatly the quality of Burroughs units on our oder. The delay in meeting the promised ...

    • Quarterly Status Report, Contract N5ori-06002 July through September, 1951 

      Linvill, William K. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-01-21)
      This report describes work performed during July, August, and September, 1951 of the extension of Contract N5ori-06002. All of the work is directed toward an analytical study of control systems involving digital computers ...

    • Whirlwind II Meeting of May 16, 1952 

      Taylor, Norman H.; Hosier, W. A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-05-23)
      Memorandum summarizing the discussion of the Whirlwind II Meeting of May 16, 1952. Topics include engineering problems with transistors and the history of recent developments.

    • Whirlwind II Meeting of February 15, 1952 

      Taylor, Norman H.; Mayer, Rollin P. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-02-26)
      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.

    • Laboratory Personnel 

      Digital Computer Laboratory Administrative Staff (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-02-13)
      Memorandum supplement listing changes in room assignments of Laboratory Personnel of the MIT Digital Computer Laboratory.

    • Minutes of the MIT-IBM Components Subcommittee Meeting, March 30 and 31, 1953 

      Watt, C. W. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-02)
      Minutes of a Joint MIT-IBM Components Subcommittee Meeting held at Poughkeepsie, with Goetz, Stone, Slonaker, Lawrence, Johnson, Rudman and Fuegel from IBM; and Paine and Watt from MIT. The discussions covered deposited ...