RAYDAC
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TheRAYDAC(forRaytheonDigitalAutomaticComputer) was a one-of-a-kind computer built byRaytheon.It was started in 1949 and finished in 1953.[1][2][page needed]It was installed at theNaval Air Missile Test CenteratPoint Mugu,California.
The RAYDAC used 5,200vacuum tubes[3]and 18,000 crystaldiodes.It had 1,152wordsof memory (36bitsper word), usingdelay-line memory,with an access time of up to 305microseconds.Its addition time was 38 microseconds, multiplication time was 240 microseconds, and division time was 375 microseconds. (These times exclude the memory-access time.)[4][self-published source]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Erwin Tomashphoto ofGeneral Front View From Right Side of RAYDAC Test Control Board (image)
- Erwin Tomash drawing ofRADAC Computer Control Room Showing Main Computer and Operator's Console (image)
References
[edit]- ^"PROJECT HURRICANE COMPUTER (RAYDAC)".Digital Computer Newsletter.5(4): 2. October 1953. Archived fromthe originalon April 7, 2019.
- ^Oral history interview with Richard M. Bloch,Charles Babbage Institute,University of Minnesota.
- ^Research, United States Office of Naval (1953).A survey of automatic digital computers.Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy. p.81.
- ^McMurran, Marshall William (2008-12-11).ACHIEVING ACCURACY: A Legacy of Computers and Missiles.Xlibris Corporation. p. 48.ISBN9781462810659.
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