UNIVAC 1102

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UNIVAC 1102 at the Arnold Engineering Development Center

The UNIVAC 1102 , also called ERA 1102 , was a UNIVAC computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates (ERA) and built by Remington Rand between 1954 and 1956.

Three machines were built for the United States Air Force . The machines were used, on the one hand, to evaluate wind tunnel simulations and, on the other hand, they were used to test aircraft engines. The machine interpreted the data from the wind tunnel and printed out the results on five printers and four plotters .

The Univac 1102 was a variant of the UNIVAC 1101 had the following properties:

  • Area: 11 m²
  • Tubes: 2700
  • Weight: 6350 kg
  • Drum memory : 24 kB (access time: 8.5 ms)

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