AN/FSQ-7
Bernd. Ulmann
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Berlin : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (272 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 1 Introduction; 2 Setting the stage; 2.1 Computers until 1945; 2.2 Basics of vacuum tube circuits; 2.3 Toward Whirlwind and beyond; 3 Whirlwind; 3.1 Basic architecture; 3.1.1 Arithmetic element; 3.1.2 Control; 3.2 Storage; 3.2.1 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Storage Tube; 3.2.2 Magnetic core storage; 3.3 Magnetic drums; 3.4 Magnetic tapes; 3.5 Paper tape readers, punches and typewriters; 3.6 Data transmission; 3.7 Oscilloscope displays and light guns; 3.8 Time register; 3.9 Reliability, power supplies and marginal checking; 3.10 Programming; 3.11 The end of Whirlwind; 4 SAGE. - 12.5.4 Adding ten numbers12.5.5 Delaying; 12.5.6 Printing; 12.5.7 Trick programs; 13 Software; 13.1 Software development process; 13.2 Operational software; 14 Failure or Success?; 14.1 A failure?; 14.2 Success!; 14.2.1 Hardware; 14.2.2 Graphics; 14.2.3 Software; 14.2.4 Air Traffic Control (ATC) and SABRE; 14.2.5 Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) in popular culture; 15 Epilogue; A Whirlwind instruction set; B Programming cards; Bibliography; Acronyms; Index. - 4.1 The Cape Cod system4.2 SAGE and AN/FSQ-7; 4.3 Control and direction centers; 4.4 AN/FSQ-7 overview; 5 Basic circuitry; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Cathode follower; 5.3 Pulse amplifier; 5.4 Register driver; 5.5 Relay drivers; 5.6 Level setter; 5.7 Diode AND and OR circuits; 5.8 Gate tube circuit; 5.9 DC inverter; 5.10 Flip-flops; 5.11 Single-shots; 5.12 Pulse generators; 5.13 Delay lines and delay line drivers; 5.14 Special circuits; 5.15 Pluggable units; 5.16 The FETRON; 5.17 Troubleshooting; 6 Central processor; 6.1 Memory element; 6.2 Instruction control element. - 6.3 Selection and IO control element6.4 Program element; 6.5 Arithmetic element; 7 Drum system; 7.1 Magnetic drums; 7.2 Timing; 7.3 Status concept and time stamps; 7.4 Data flows; 8 Input/output system; 8.1 Input system; 8.1.1 Long-Range Input (LRI) element; 8.1.2 Gap-Filler Input (GFI) element; 8.1.3 Crosstell (XTL) element; 8.1.4 Test Pattern Generator (TPG); 8.2 Manual data input element; 8.3 Output system; 8.4 Alarms and warning lights; 8.5 Tape drives and card machines; 9 Display system; 9.1 Situation display; 9.2 Light gun; 9.3 Area discriminators; 9.4 Digital display. - 9.5 Photographic recorder-reproducer element10 Machine consoles; 11 Power supply; 11.1 The powerhouse; 11.2 Regulated power supplies; 11.3 Power distribution; 11.4 Marginal checking system; 12 Programming; 12.1 Instruction format; 12.2 Instruction set; 12.2.1 Miscellaneous class; 12.2.2 Add class; 12.2.3 Multiply class; 12.2.4 Store class; 12.2.5 Shift class; 12.2.6 Branch class; 12.2.7 Input/output class; 12.2.8 Reset class; 12.3 Indexed addressing; 12.4 Subroutines; 12.5 Examples; 12.5.1 Polynomial evaluation; 12.5.2 Coordinate transformation; 12.5.3 Finding the largest number. - One of the most impressive computer systems ever was the vacuum tube based behemoth AN/FSQ-7, which was the heart of the ""Semi Automatic Ground Environment"". Machines of this type were children of the Cold War and had a tremendous effect not only on this episode in politics but also generated a vast amount of spin-offs which still shape our world.
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| Dewey | 355.3/3041 . - 004.09
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| ISBN | 9783486727661
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