AVIDAC
TheAVIDACorArgonneVersion of theInstitute'sDigitalAutomaticComputer,an early computer built byArgonne National Laboratory,was partially based on theIASarchitecture developed byJohn von Neumann.It was built by the Laboratory's Physics Division for $250,000 and began operations on January 28, 1953.[1][2][3]
As with almost all computers of its era, it was a one-of-a-kind machine that could not exchange programs with other computers (even otherIAS machines).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Argonne History - 1950's | Argonne National Laboratory".www.anl.gov.Photo 6-7.Retrieved2017-11-14.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^"AVIDAC -- First Argonne Computer (1953)".
- ^Research, United States Office of Naval (1953).A survey of automatic digital computers.Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy. p.7.
External links
[edit]- "Science, then & now | Argonne National Laboratory".www.anl.gov.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-04-28.Retrieved2017-11-14.
- Holl, Jack M.; Hewlett, Richard G.; Harris, Ruth R. (1997).Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-96.University of Illinois Press. p. 123.ISBN9780252023415.
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