Ayer, William H.
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Inspection Trip of Computers on the Atlantic Seaboard, 1953 May 25
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents
Project Whirlwind Engineering Note E-546. During the week of April 22nd through May 2nd, a trip was made by W. H. Ayer and J. D. Bassett of MIT and J. Montgomery and W. Hughes of IBM to inspect the packaging technique employed in a dozen computers located between Washington and Ken York. Logical physical design, size of pluggable units, signal and power distribution systems, cooling systems and types of mechanical construction were investigated.
Dates:
1953 May 25
Joint Meeting on Packaging of WII, 1953 June 17
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents
Project Whirlwind Memo M-2246. Memorandum on a joint meeting on packaging of Whirlwind II. The meeting was opened by Harold Ross of IBM who presented the latest recommendation for the number of types of pluggable units and the types of tubes in each. Other topics include: a combination of six and nine tube units was broken down into five different types, sketches of a new pluggable unit design, the method of component mounting to be used in the pluggable units, and the current thinking on...
Dates:
1953 June 17
Meeting on Packaging of Whirlwind II, Hartford, Connecticut, May 21, 1953, 1953 May 27
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16
Scope and Contents
Project Whirlwind Memo M-2191. Memorandum on the meeting on packaging of Whirlwind II, Hartford, Connecticut, May 21, 1953. Topics include a review of planning considerations, logical break-down into pluggable units, logical break-down into frames, and proposed floor plans.
Dates:
1953 May 27