Forrester, Jay W.
Dates
- Existence: 1918 July 14 - 2016 November 16
Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:
Staff Organization, 1950 December 11
Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-111. Administrative memorandum from Electronic Computer Division research teams on staff organization.
Statement of Status of Project Whirlwind Prepared for the Research and Development Board, 1950 May 10
Storage Tube Program, Project Whirlwind, 1947 September 15
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-102. Memorandum in response to a request from Mr. Charles Doersam, for information on the present status of Project Whirlwind Storage Tube research and for a comparison of the tube being developed at M.I.T. with the one constructed at the Naval Research Laboratory.
Storage Tubes, Phone Discussion with Dr. Rajchman, R.C.A., 1946 November 6
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Engineering Note E-29. Engineering notes on information received in a discussion of storage tubes with Dr. Rajchman at the R.C.A. Laboratories in Princetone, New Jersey.
Study of Checking and Trouble Location Methods, 1949 February 10
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-780. Memorandum from project Whirlwind research teams on the establishment of a group to study checking and trouble location methods.
Supplement 1, 1954 October
Project Whirlwind Memo 6M-3094-s-1. Supplement to the bi-weekly progress report of Division 6 research teams with corrected examples from a previous report, intended to improve the usefulness, conciseness, and clarity of the bi-weekly reports.
Thesis Proposals and Progress Reports, 1948 March 8
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-270. Memorandum on organization of thesis proposals and progress reports created by MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory research teams.
Time schedule for XD-1 machine specifications and evaluation reports, 1955 February 7
Division 6 Memo M-3351. Memorandum providing a time schedule for machine evaluation tests of XD-1. The nature and purpose of evaluation tests performed on XD-1 and its associated equipment was outlined in "XD-1 Test Specifications" Memorandum 6M-3271, by J. A. O'Brien, 10 January 1955.
Visit of Mr. R. L. Snyder, 1948 February 9
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-234. Memorandum from the Servomechanisms Laboratory research teams on a visit of Mr. R. L. Snyder of the University of Pennsylvania.
Visit to Remington Rand, 1953 May 12
Project Whirlwind Memo VI L-94. Description of a visit by two Lincoln Laboratory staff members to the Remington Rand office in Washington and to see the ONR Logistics computer at George Washington University.
Visit to University of Illinois and Engineering Research Associates, 1951 January 22
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-1152. Memorandum on a visit by project Whirlwind I research teams to University of Illinois and Engineering Research Associates for a demonstration of the IAS computer, discussion of ERA's computer experience and its relation to future work in the field, evaluation of the magnetic drum as a reliable element in computing systems, and discussion of electrostatic storage and possible use of the RCA Selectron.
Visitors, 1948 December 21
Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-77-1. Administrative memorandum from Electronic Computer Division research teams on visitor policies.
Visitors, 1953 July 15
Project Whirlwind Administrative Memo A-77-2. Visitors to the Laboratory who are not necessary to laboratory business should have their visits approved by Proctor. Grouping of visits will be arranged when possible. All requests by such visitors fqr literature should be directed to Proctor.
Visitors to Project Whirlwind, 1948 November 2
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Limited Memo L-7. Report listing the visitors to the M.I.T. Servomechanisms Laboratory showing present interest in digital computing equipment.
Whirlwind I Trouble Shooting, Comments on Memorandum M-123, 1947 October 28
MIT DIC 6345. Project Whirlwind Memo M-129. Comments on Memorandum M-123 from Jay Forrester on Whirlwind I Trouble Shooting.
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