Browsing Project Whirlwind Reports by Creator "Canty, W. J."

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    • Biweekly Progress Report on FSQ-7 Memories 

      Canty, W. J.; Shansky, D. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1955-07-11)
      Points of agreement between IBM and MIT personnel present at a meeting held at IBM for the purpose of discussing FSQ-7 core memory are enumerated. Proposed future development work is described.

    • Evaluation tests on the XD-1 central computer 

      Canty, W. J.; Crane, J. D.; Thompson, S. L. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1955-01-21)
      Memorandum discussing the evaluation of XD-1 by a series of tests made over a period of a few weeks ending March 1, 1955. Existing XD-1 reliability programs were used during most phases of test. Machine operation was baaed ...

    • Proposed Sense Winding for a 64 x 64 Memory Plane 

      Canty, W. J. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1953-07-23)
      Memorandum on the investigation of the optimum sense winding geometry of a 64 x 64 memory plane.

    • Tentative Cathode Estimates for 256²x33 and 128²x33 Core Memories 

      Canty, W. J.; Mitchell, J. L. (Lincoln Laboratory - Division 6, 1954-08-06)
      The largest number of cathodes for a 256²x33 memory and 128²x33 memory is estimated to be 4756 and 1912 respectively.

    • Trip to General Ceramics, November 19-20, 1952 

      Canty, W. J. (MIT Digital Computer Laboratory, 1952-12-02)
      A trip to General Ceramics and Steatite Corporation is reported. Calibration of the Tektronix 513-D Oscilloscope used in conjunction with ferrite-core pules-test equipment showed the internal voltage calibrator to be ...