Summary report no. 2, volume 5, Whirlwind I computer block diagrams, volume 1 of 2 volumes
| dc.contributor.author | Project Whirlwind Research Staff | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-15T21:24:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-06-15T21:24:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1947-09-04 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | MC665_r17_sr-2-v-5.pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/40672 | |
| dc.description | Includes: introduction, the Whirlwind computers, the present set of block diagrams, and the organization of this report; preliminary considerations, storage, parallel transmission of digits, arithmetic considerations, an order code, word length, input and output, checking, required computing speed; a general outline of the system, system build up, storage characteristics, control characteristics, program register characteristics, arithmetic element characteristics, input and output characteristics, readback checking, test storage; the arithmetic element, binary arithmetic, the arithmetic registers, the A-register, the accumulator, the B-register, the operations; the block diagrams, the complete system, the control, test storage, the arithmetic element, and check register; the timing diagrams, program timing and operation timing. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Part 1 of an in-depth review of Whirlwind I computer block diagrams. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | MIT DIC 6345 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Project Whirlwind Summary Report SR-2-v-5 | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Project Whirlwind Collection, MC665 | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | toggle-switch storage | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | flip-flop storage | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | accumulator | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | storage chassis | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | master clock | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | matrix switch | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | time pulse distributor control | en_US |
| dc.title | Summary report no. 2, volume 5, Whirlwind I computer block diagrams, volume 1 of 2 volumes | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
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