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Kromer, Arthur P.

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Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, 1953 September 18

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2427. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 September 18

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, 1953 October 2

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2456. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 October 2

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, December 4, 1953, 1953 December 4

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2558. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 December 4

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, December 18, 1953, 1953 December 18

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2583. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 December 18

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, November 6, 1953, 1953 November 6

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2511. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 November 6

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, November 20, 1953, 1953 November 20

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2538. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 November 20

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7, October 23, 1953, 1953 October 23

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2478. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 October 23

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7 (XD-1), 1953 July 24

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2322. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 July 24

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7 (XD-1), August 7, 1953, 1953 August 7

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2360. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 August 7

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7 (XD-1), August 21, 1953, 1953 August 21

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2373. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 August 21

Biweekly Progress Report for AN/FSQ-7 (XD-1), September 4, 1953, 1953 September 4

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2411. Bi-weekly progress report of the Group 62 Scheduling Office on the AN/FSQ-7 equipment.

Dates: 1953 September 4

Conference regarding proposed modification to delivery schedule for AN/FSQ-7 duplex centrals - June 9 and 10, 1954, 1954 June 11

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Division 6 Limited Memo L-154. Proceedings of a conference called by the AMC Joint Progress Office to discuss the proposed modification to the delivery schedule for AN/FSQ-7 duplex centrals. The agenda surrounded the following topics: field trials for performance evaluation test under field conditions, field trial facilities, interim production effort, large scale production, and the revised schedule. Includes an attendance list and full-page diagram.

Dates: 1954 June 11

Contract N5ori 06001, Task Order I; Proposal for extension beyond current expiration date for the period 1 July 1953 through 30 June 1954, 1951 November 29

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-31. Memorandum on a proposed Research and Training Project in Applied Mathematics, using large-scale computing equipment, particularly Whirlwind.

Dates: 1951 November 29

Contract N5ori 06001, Task Order I; proposal for extension beyond current expiration date for the period 1 July 1954 through 30 June 1955., 1953 January 29

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-81. Proposal for the extension of Contract N5ori 06001 beyond its prior expiration date for the period 1 July 1954 through 30 June 1955. Includes budget breakdown of additional expenditures anticipated.

Dates: 1953 January 29

Design and Construction Schedule, WWII Prototype, 1952 December 11

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1753. The present schedule for the development of the first prototype model of WWII calls for the urgent decisions concerning specifications and block diagrams to be made early in 1953 so that time will be available to procure, construct, and thoroughly test the machine by January 1, 1955.

Dates: 1952 December 11

Discussion of contract status with IBM, 1952 October 17

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-66. Minutes from the meeting held October 16, 1952 in the New York Offices of IBM to discuss two principal items: 1. the background regarding discussion concerning use of 701 computer in University of Michigan ACD3 system; and 2. the status of negotiations regarding contract for IBM to work with MIT on Project Lincoln (WWII). Present: from IBM — Messrs. Zollinger, Birkenstock, McElwain, Marcy, Dolph (part time); from MIT -- Messrs. Forrester and Kromer.

Dates: 1952 October 17

Discussion with IBM regarding estimate of cost for initial sector, Lincoln Transition Air Defense System, 1953 March 20

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-88. Minutes of meeting with IBM Corporation representatives to discuss estimate of the cost of manufacture of equipment for an initial sector of the Lincoln Transition Air Defense System, IBM's estimated delivery interval, and the cost of setting up and equipping a plant in which the manufacturing would be carried out.

Dates: 1953 March 20

Division 6 production coordination office, 1955 February 10

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Division 6 Memo M-3371. Memorandum asking Division 6 staff to keep the Production Coordination Office informed regarding all work being done and that copies of all correspondence, conference minutes, etc. be directed to the PCO.

Dates: 1955 February 10

Engineering Relationships with IBM, 1952 September 30

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1653. Memorandum summarizing engineering relationships with the International Business Machines Corporation for work on WWII.

Dates: 1952 September 30

Field of Work, 1953 March 9

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1892. Memorandum on the current assignment of personnel at MIT and IBM in the various fields of development for the Whirlwind II program.

Dates: 1953 March 9

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting - 8 February 1954, 1954 February 8

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2665. Consideration is being given to have MIT provide assistance to IBM with engineering development of specific items of the system. Decision on the switching system for drum circuits has been postponed. An engineering model of a mapper developed by IBM has been installed in WWI for test purposes.

Dates: 1954 February 8

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting 24 May, 1954, 1954 May 27

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2837. Meetings with Air Force ADC have led to a plan for implementing the Air Division Combat Operations Center with a simplex FSQ-7 and a supplementary large board (projected) display. A procedure to formalize the processing of information thru the Control office to DES, Air Force, etc. is being prepared. Modifications to the display system have resulted in a reduction of approximately 3000 tubes. MTC will be moved to Lexington starting June 7.

Dates: 1954 May 27

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting 25 January 1954, 1954 January 25

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2651. Decision on the display system and basic circuits for the instruction control frame were reached during the week. A revised basis for release of design and constructions by IBM in advance of Lincoln approval has been proposed by Project High. Initial negotiations leading to an Air Force contract for two duplex centrals (in addition to the XD-1 and XD-2 systems) have been started.

Dates: 1954 January 25

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting--April 5, 1954, 1954 April 6

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2760. IBM will furnish monthly status reports relative to time schedules. MTC will move about June 1 and be operative again about July 15. An initial proposal on the duplex central will be distributed about May 1. A separate drum field will be used for Mark X and Fine Grain Data inputs.

Dates: 1954 April 6

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting--April 20, 1954, 1954 April 21

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Scope and Contents Project Whirlwind Memo M-2790. The Transition Systems inputs, duplex operation concepts, weapons control capabilities, phone line transmission requirements were discussed at a recent conference with Air Force and ADES representatives. The display selection frame has been eliminated in favor of having the necessary hardware in each console. Consoles in the operations areas will be wired as a single group and therefore all will receive display information from the same computer. Construction...
Dates: 1954 April 21

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting--August 23, 1954, 1954 August 26

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-3002. Concurrence with IBM is scheduled for display system and MRI specifications. MTC has been reassembled and will be fully operational by September 1. Components of the 13 most frequently used circuits are to be released for ordering (for 2 Production Systems) in September. First floor equipment layout for production systems is being finalized. Requirements for Power System for production system has been released through the Production Coordination Office.

Dates: 1954 August 26

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting -- December 14, 1953, 1953 December 14

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Scope and Contents Project Whirlwind Memo M-2574. SDV demodulator circuitry has been reviewed and accepted. Phone line transmission characteristics are being determined in conjunction with Bell Laboratories Project ADES personnel. Simplification of equipment to handle inputs having a relatively slow data rate is under study. Coordination of output system and equipment development is to be done by a joint IBM--Div. 6--Div 2 committee. Formalizing of the release for design completion and for construction of the...
Dates: 1953 December 14

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting -- December 21, 1953, 1953 December 21

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2595. Specifications for the display system, the power system and the internal memory will be prepared. Output system work will be coordinated by a joint MIT-IBM committee. The Order Code for FSQ-7 has been agreed upon by MIT and IBM programmers.

Dates: 1953 December 21

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting - February 15, 1954, 1954 February 16

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2691. Arrangements to have prime responsibility for certain engineering work placed with MIT have been made in the interest of insuring adherence to July '55 date for system operation. Regular air transportation between Poughkeepsie and Cambridge is expected to start approximately March 1, 1954. Consideration is being given to possible alternate sources for Charactron tubes.

Dates: 1954 February 16

Group 62 Section Leaders Meeting -- February 23, 1954, 1954 February 24

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-2696. MIT has started an increased program of assistance in connection with memory design. All future core testing is to be done at IBM. Charactron tubes are to be secured from Convair for XD-1 and XD-2.

Dates: 1954 February 24