Whirlwind computer.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jay Wright Forrester papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-0439
Dates:
1940-circa 2000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computation Center records
Collection
Identifier: AC-0062
Abstract
This set of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computation Center records spans the years 1950-1962 and documents the genesis of the Computation Center and its eventual transformation into the Information Processing Center. The Computation Center housed one of the first high-speed digital computers built by IBM with technology developed at MIT in Project Whirlwind. The purpose of the Center was to provide a means to educate faculty and students in the use of high-speed digital...
Dates:
1950 - 1962
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servomechanisms Laboratory records
Collection
Identifier: AC-0151
Scope and Contents of the Collection
World War IIThe Servomechanisms Laboratory’s beginning years, 1940-1945, coincide with World War II and are partially documented in Series 1, files collected by staff member Robert Everett. Memos, graphs, drawings, and final reports relating to research about and application of feedback control to automate navy and army gun control systems, and development of servo-controls for advanced radar systems are the focus of the series. Also included in Series 1...
Dates:
1940 - 1959
Project Whirlwind Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-0665
Abstract
The Whirlwind I computer was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1945 and 1952 in a project directed by Jay Forrester. The project was first carried out in the Servomechanisms Laboratory. Later it separated to become the Digital Computer Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory, Division 6, and testing continued through 1958. Jay Forrester served as director of both laboratories until 1956, and Robert Everett as associate director, then director. A key part of the Whirlwind...
Dates:
1944 - 1959