Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Servomechanisms Laboratory

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-9. Report presenting by general area and by specific activity a breakdown of the yearly expenditures through the fiscal year 1946-1949 of Project Whirlwind - DIC Project 6345 and its predecessor Project 6295.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-670. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-599. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-548. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-795. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-483. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-386. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-625. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-717. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-823. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-770. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-749. Memorandum listing Project Whirlwind I personnel in the Barta Building.

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1429. Master's Thesis Research proposal on a Binary Adder Using Magnetic-Core Flip-Flops.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Report R-192. Because it presents information of general interest, this thesis report, which has had only limited distribution, is being issued as a Project Whirlwind R-series report. Any new data-storage development which suggests promise of increased reliability and decreased bulk is of immediate interest to the builders of a large scale digital computer such as Whirlwind. The use of rectangular-loop magnetic cores in a multi-dimensional storage scheme, as...

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Engineering Note E-379. This memorandum contains the abstract of Report R-192, a Master's Thesis, by W. N. Papian.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1226. This memorandum is an informal supplement to R-173-1. It lists several project reports issued since January 1, 1951. They are classified below according to the section of R-173-1 to which they apply. Topics include circuits and components, storage, mathematics, programming and application studies, checking and truoble location, and input and output.

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MIT DIC 6673. Project Whirlwind Report R-188. Report on progress of a Maser of Science Thesis: The Application of a High-Speed Digital Computer to the Present Day Air Traffic Control System.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-4. The digital computation program of Project Whirlwind might be operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in many ways. Three representative levels are proposed in the attached curves and charts covering the period 1949 to 1953. Plan 1, at $1.8 million per year, shows the research, development and limited experimental computer operation which could be carried out under a continuation of approximately the present rate of expenditure....

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-21. Memorandum containing an analysis of the Digital Computer Laboratory Proposed 1950-51 Budget.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-10. Report containing an analysis of the state of the Whirlwind Program.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from January 3, 1949 - December 30, 1949 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name, firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from January 1, 1950 - October 10, 1950 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name, firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no. "134 to 144 are blank" - p.1 of PDF.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from October 10, 1950 - June 4, 1951 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name (signature), name (printed), firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from June 4, 1951 - December 3, 1951 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name (signature), name (printed), firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no. "List of visitors to Whirlwind, May 25, 1951.. from Project Charles and MIT.. from USAF - Washington" - p.1 of PDF.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from December 3, 1951 - March 17, 1952 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name (signature), name (printed), firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no. "Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 3, 1950, memo to all guards, Hood Building Guard Center.. Barta Building security alarm system, instructions for operation of the security...

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from March 17, 1952 - July 1, 1952 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name (signature), name (printed), firm represented, visiting, in, out, authorized by, badge no.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from July 1, 1952 - October 6, 1952 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date, name (signature), name (printed), firm represented, citizenship, visiting, in, out, authorized, badge.

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MIT DIC 6345. Log book tracking Barta visitors from October 6, 1952 - March 16, 1653 for testing A-Register, B-register, Program Registers and daily operation of Whirlwind I computer. Information logged: date; Visitor fill in: print last name, signature, title, company, citizenship, to see last name only; Receptionist fill in: time in, time out, badge number, purpose of visit, authorization, receptionist.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1025. Bi-weekly progress report of project Whirlwind I research teams.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1030. Bi-weekly progress report of project Whirlwind I research teams.