Project Whirlwind: Recent submissions

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    • Electronic Computer Division Personnel 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1949-06-01)
      Memorandum listing Electronic Computer Division Personnel of the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory.

    • A Squareness Ratio for Coincident-current Memory Cores 

      Brown, David R. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-07-17)
      A quantitative index of hysteresis-loop squareness i s defined. It can be determined directly from the hysteresis loop or by pulse test.

    • Binary Counting With Magnetic Cores 

      Buck, Dudley A. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1951-12-06)
      Magnetic materials suitable for multi-dimensional memories have recently become candidates for circuit elements in other parts of a digital computer. Their possible uses in binary counters and as pulse-operated gates are ...

    • Progress Report, Project 6751, November 13, 1950 To March 2, 1951 

      Porter, J. D.; Adams, C. W. (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1951-03-14)
      During the period from November 13, 1950, to January 29, 1951, work on Project 6751 — the application of a digital computer to underground oil reservoir problems — was directed towards gaining familiarity with the problems ...

    • Electronic Computer Division Personnel 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1950-07-01)
      Memorandum listing Electronic Computer Division Personnel of the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory.

    • High-Speed Gas Discharge Gaps for Data Storage in Electronic Computers 

      Markel, Richard F. (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1947-05-13)
      Master's Thesis Research proposal on High-Speed Gas Discharge Gaps for Data Storage in Electronic Computers.

    • Core Drivers — Model V and Model VI 

      Boyd, Harold W. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-02-10)
      The Model V and Model VI Core Drivers are standard test units which can deliver rectangular wave current pulses of variable amplitude, rise time, and duration. Model V supplies negative-going pulses, whereas Model VI ...

    • Electronic Computer Division Personnel 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1950-03-01)
      Memorandum listing Electronic Computer Division Personnel of the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory.

    • 6345 Personnel, Barta Building 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1948-06-15)
      Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

    • Electronic Computer Division Personnel 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1949-08-01)
      Memorandum listing Electronic Computer Division Personnel of the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory.

    • A Fast Core-Tube Register 

      Olson, Kenneth H.; Pfaff, R. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-27)
      Engineering report on a fast core-tube register including a circuit diagram and experimental results.

    • Whittemore Building Guard Instruction 

      Proctor, John C. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-04-01)
      This memorandum is to be used by guards on duty in the Digital Computer Laboratory as a supplement to the Basic Guard Instructions for Hood-Whittemore.

    • A Multi-position Magnetic Switch and its Incorporation Into a Magnetic Memory 

      Olsen, K. H. (MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, 1951-09-21)
      Master's Thesis Proposal: A Multi-position Magnetic Switch and its Incorporation Into a Magnetic Memory.

    • 6345 Personnel, Barta Building 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1948-09-01)
      Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

    • Preliminary Tests on the Four-core Magnetic-memory Array 

      Papian, William N. (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1951-06-18)
      Successful operation of a four-core magnetic-memory array indicates the soundness of a multi-coordinate storage and selection scheme. The ability of one core to retain information in the face of an unlimited amount of ...

    • An Investigation of Ferroelectrics for Digital Information Storage 

      Buck, Dudley A. (MIT Department of Electrical Engineering, 1951-11-23)
      Master's Thesis Proposal: An Investigation of Ferroelectrics for Digital Information Storage.

    • Project Organization 

      Forrester, Jay W. (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1948-01-21)
      Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on project organization.

    • 6345 Personnel, Barta Building 

      Project Whirlwind Administrative Staff (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1948-11-01)
      Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

    • Publication Series 

      Forrester, Jay W. (MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory, 1947-10-03)
      Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on publication series.

    • A Magnetic-core Gate and its Application in a Stepping Register 

      Briggs, G. R. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-10-30)
      A magnetic-core gate to replace diodes is a necessity if an all-core computer is to be made feasible. A device is described composed of two magnetic cores and a resistance which will operate as a gate between the cores of ...