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The BINAC was an early electronic [[computer]] designed by [[J. Presper Eckert]] and [[John Mauchly]] in [[1949]]. |
The Binary Automatic Computer, or BINAC was an early electronic [[computer]] designed by [[J. Presper Eckert]] and [[John Mauchly]] in [[1949]]. |
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The BINAC was a bit-serial binary computer with a 512-word acoustic mercury delay line memory divided into 16 channels each holding 32 words (31-bit) with an additional 11-bit space between words to allow for circuit delays in switching. The clock rate was 4.25 MHz which yielded a word time of about 10 microseconds. |
The BINAC was a bit-serial binary computer with a 512-word acoustic mercury delay line memory divided into 16 channels each holding 32 words (31-bit) with an additional 11-bit space between words to allow for circuit delays in switching. The clock rate was 4.25 MHz which yielded a word time of about 10 microseconds. |
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Revision as of 16:04, 30 August 2002
The Binary Automatic Computer, or BINAC was an early electronic computer designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly in 1949.
The BINAC was a bit-serial binary computer with a 512-word acoustic mercury delay line memory divided into 16 channels each holding 32 words (31-bit) with an additional 11-bit space between words to allow for circuit delays in switching. The clock rate was 4.25 MHz which yielded a word time of about 10 microseconds.
New programs or data had to be entered manually in octal using an eight-key keypad.