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'''SPEEDAC''', the '''SPE'''rry '''E'''lectronic '''D'''igital '''A'''utomatic '''C'''omputer, was an early digital computer built by [[Sperry Corporation]] in 1953.<ref name="freeman">Herbert Freeman, ''Cobblestones: The Story of My Life'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=vd8tbbFA9AoC&pg=PA39 p. 39]</ref> |
'''SPEEDAC''', the '''SPE'''rry '''E'''lectronic '''D'''igital '''A'''utomatic '''C'''omputer, was an early digital computer built by [[Sperry Corporation]] in 1953.<ref name="freeman">Herbert Freeman, ''Cobblestones: The Story of My Life'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=vd8tbbFA9AoC&pg=PA39 p. 39]</ref> |
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It used 800 [[vacuum tube]]s and had [[magnetic drum]] storage of 4096 [[18-bit]] [[ |
It used 800 [[vacuum tube]]s and had [[magnetic drum]] storage of 4096 [[18-bit computing|18-bit]] [[word (computer architecture)|words]].<ref name="freeman"/> |
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Revision as of 21:22, 17 July 2022
SPEEDAC, the SPErry Electronic Digital Automatic Computer, was an early digital computer built by Sperry Corporation in 1953.[1]
It used 800 vacuum tubes and had magnetic drum storage of 4096 18-bit words.[1]
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