Summary report no. 5, February 1948

Project Whirlwind Research Staff
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/40689
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2009-06-15T22:06:18Z
Abstract
In-depth review of Project Whirlwind in February of 1948.
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Includes: foreword, Project Whirlwind, the Whirlwind computers, and reports; Whirlwind I layout and construction; project staff and new staff members; visitors; visits; time schedules; the effects on computing speed of access time, pulse repetition frequency, and register length; coding for simulation; storage, tubes, read-out circuits, and deflection circuits; power supplies; standard voltages and tubes for WWI, voltages and tubes; appendix, reports and publications.
 
Includes summary table of Whirlwind I schedules.
 
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