Forrester, Jay W.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo A-42-3. Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on bi-weekly engineering reports.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo A-42-2. Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on bi-weekly engineering reports.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo A-42-1. Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on bi-weekly engineering reports.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo A-42. Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on bi-weekly engineering reports.

Scope and Contents Project Whirlwind Memo L-102. Minutes of a meeting held on June 15-18, 1953, to discuss the relationship of the Bomarc ground control system to the Transition System, to see whether the performance of the Bomarc system would be adequately provided for as economically as possible, and to recommend a plan to be followed by the Air Force to provide proper Bomarc control equipment. Present: (AFCRC) Caffee, M. A.; Dempsey, V. S.; Galt, G. T. ; Greene, John L.; Marchetti, J. W.; Schecter, H.;...

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1468. Memorandum on minimum boundary conditions and relative values of machine parameters to guide logical planning for Whirlwind II design.

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Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-124. Administrative memorandum from Digital Computer Laboratory research teams on changes to the laboratory.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-200. Memorandum from the Servomechanisms Laboratory research teams on circuits for marginal checking.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-17. Memorandum analyzing the comments of the AD HOC Panel on Electronic Digital Computers of the Basic Physical Science Committee of the Research and Development Board as they specifically relate to Project Whirlwind.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-6. Report on a visit to the Institute for Advanced Study to discuss their work on digital computers, work on parallel-type digital computers, and differences in view on the methods for achieving working equipment.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-45. Memo discussing the work which Division 6 hoped to accomplish in the Cape Cod system and the design and building of a high-speed digital computer (Whirlwind II) between July 1953 and June 1954.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-8. Report on the actual past and estimated future costs of Project Whirlwind.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-70. Memorandum from the Servomechanisms Laboratory research teams on data storage in three dinensions.

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1828. A detailed laboratory test of circuits should be made to measure the operating margins and the sensitivity of the circuit to component changes. Also a measurement of marginal checking effectiveness is needed. A curve of component variation vs. marginal checking voltage (or other parameter) will reveal behavior of the circuit.

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MIT DIC 6889. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1828-1. A detailed laboratory test of circuits should be made to measure the operating margins and the sensitivity of the circuit to component changes. Also a measurement of marginal checking effectiveness is needed. A curve of component variation vs. marginal checking voltage (or other parameter) will reveal behavior of the circuit.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-1. Report on a study of a simplified version of the anti-submarine problem. The objective of this study has been to estimate the storage capacity and computing time required in a digital machine and no serious attempt has made to achieve completeness or accuracy.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-76. Memorandum from the Servomechanisms Laboratory research teams on the use of digital computers in science.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-16. Memorandum analyzing the comments of the AD HOC Panel on Electronic Digital Computers of the Basic Physical Science Committee of the Research and Development Board as they specifically relate to Project Whirlwind.

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Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-102. Administrative memorandum from Electronic Computer Division research teams on distribution of internal memoranda.

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Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-110. Administrative memorandum from Electronic Computer Division research teams on division organization.

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Project Whirlwind Memo M-1366. Memorandum on the general responsibilities and assignments of Digital Computer Laboratory personnel.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo A-3. Administrative memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on temporary staff assignments.

Scope and Contents MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-3. Many plans are now being considered for the military use of information systems built around electronic digital computers. Such systems appear unique in their ability to process and evaluate information sufficiently rapidly for modern high-speed military operations. The advantages gained when digital information systems make possible the better integration and more effective use of other military equipment should more than justify the...

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-33. Memorandum containing the Budget Proposal for Division VI for Fiscal Year 1954.

Scope and Contents of the Collection The Gordon Stanley Brown collection documents Brown's career as teacher, research engineer, and administrator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lecture notes, problem sets, and other teaching materials describe his course Theory and Applications of Servomechanisms, first taught in 1940. A summary of wartime activity, as well as correspondence, describes Brown's role as founder and director of the Servomechanisms Laboratory. Correspondence and reports document his relationship...

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-11. Report answering questions on Whirlwind I as requested by Lt. Cmdr. Rubel of the Research and Development Board under Office of Naval Research Contract N5ori-60.

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MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-2. Report discussing in general terms some possibilities in the arrangement and use of high-speed digital computers for the for the analysis, evaluation and intercommunication of information in an anti-submarine naval group.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the professional activities of Jay Wright Forrester, director of the Digital Computer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Materials in this collection span from approximately 1940 to 2000, and include Forresters research, writings, speeches, correspondence, corporate consulting materials, and course notes for classes he taught at MIT. Forrester's research is documented in records about his patents and computation notebooks. These materials...

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MIT DIC 6673. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-26. Letter to Nathaniel McLean Sage on funds needed to extend the capacity of the Whirlwind computer to demonstrate its capabilities for handling low flying aircraft requiring the processing of information from many radar sets.

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Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-65. Summarization of opinions regarding the ACDS System proposal, prepared for use by Colonel Schenk. Includes time schedule and systems comparison tables.