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 The FASTRAND II
II The FASTRAND II random-access mass storage system was one of the most impressive peripherals ever attached to a commercial computer.
Used with the UNIVAC 1108 computer, it provided the first permanent file storage capability in the UNIVAC 1100 series family.
Since the UNIVAC 1100 series machines to which the FASTRAND II was connected used 36-bit words rather than 8-bit bytes, it isn't possible to precisely compare the capacity of a device such as the FASTRAND II with contemporary byte-oriented disc drives.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/fastrand.html

  
 The Machine Room :: Univac
Univac was the "business" computer division of Remington Rand formed by the purchase of the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation in 1950.
In 1953 or 1954 Remington Rand merged their tabulating machine division in Norwalk, Connecticut, the ERA "scientific" computer division, and the Univac "business" computer division into a single division under the Univac name.
In 1978 Sperry Rand decided to concentrate on its computing interests and unrelated divisions were sold.
http://www.machine-room.org/companies/304?MachineRoomSessionID=e316ec5bd20d9aca40b5fe33c0597ebd

  
 The Case 1107
Visible through the window at the end of the keypunch room is the computer room, with the UNIVAC 1004 card reader/punch and printer unit in the foreground.
Fortunately, students in the "open shop" environment in which the 1107 operated quickly learned how to field-strip the card reader and remove the remains of their programming projects when this happened.
The rounded cabinet at the very left of the frame is part of the TRW 530 "Logram computer", which was used primarily to convert tapes between UNISERVO II-A 200 BPI format and the 800 BPI IBM-compatible format used by the UNISERVO VIII-C drives on the 1108 at Chi Corporation.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/univac/case1107.html

  
 K. Ryan Weston - CS3604 Assignment #2 - 1997
N. Stern, "From ENIAC to UNIVAC: An Apraisal of the Eckert-Mauchly Computers," Digital Press, 1981.
UNIVAC created a foundation upon which the computer industry could be firmly built, and the name should forever be held in reverence.
The increased speed with which UNIVAC's magnetic tape could input data and hence compute results was indeed a dream come true for some businesses, but the task of convincing those businesses to let go of the punch-card tech nology they had spent years utilizing proved to be easier said than done.
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/UNIVAC.Weston.html

  
 List of Univac products - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UNIVAC 494-MAPS - The first Multi-Associated Processor System - not made available commercially
A history of Univac computers and Operating Systems ( http://people.cs.und.edu/~rmarsh/CLASS/CS451/HANDOUTS/os-unisys.pdf)
AN/USQ-20 the Navy Tactical Data System (NTDS), UNIVAC 1206, or G-40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Univac_products

  
 Unisys History Newsletter v2n1
The UNIVAC II had been delayed by various problems, giving IBM's 705 computer the opportunity to take over the large-scale business computing market.
The IBM 7090, first delivered in December 1959, was the most widely used large transistor scientific computer, and the 7080, its business computing counterpart announced in January 1960, became the leading large business computer.
Business computers, on the other hand, were good at character manipulation, but did not have floating-point hardware instructions.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/randy.carpenter/folklore/v2n1.html

  
 History of Computing
UNIVAC said computers had to be decimal because people didn’’t understand binary.
A Chronology of Digital Computing Machines (to 1952)
This was a 12 bit computer when the Von Neumann architecture for scientific computing called for long words.
http://www.softpanorama.org/History/cpu_history.shtml

  
 Philosophy&Religion @ Northeastern University
For 25 years I was a Univac II programmer, a DEC -10, -20, VAX, an IBM 1401, 7074, DOS, OS, VM large-scale “legacy” operating-systems Software Specialist, and a data center Associate Director.
http://www.philosophy.neu.edu/faculty.shtml

  
 Unisys History Newsletter v1n2
Variations of coded decimal were common on businessoriented computers during the 1950s and early 1960s.
The UNIVAC Solid State Computer was one of the first to use solid state components in its central processing unit.
This is the distinguishing characteristic of the first generation of computer hardware, and the switch to transistors takes us into the second generation.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Faculty/Randy.Carpenter/folklore/dec92-v1n2.html

  
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Univac starts operating in accordance with the instructions stored in memory location 0000 aims refers automatically to suceeding memory locations.
When using Univac I programs on Univac II a special switch will inhibit the addition of 1 to the control counter reading following overflow and cause the 3rd instruction digit to be interpreted in the memory switch as a decimal zero regardless of its actual value.
Therefore, in Univac I programs where the 2nd and 3rd instruction digits have been used for overflow control, the presence of these digits will not influence the execution of the instruction.
http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-u4.html

  
 Iterations: An interdisciplinary journal of software history
UNIVAC delivered the information necessary to program the computation of a function and its derivatives or values.
Hopper’s contribution was to make it possible not just to call up a routine from memory, but, if necessary, actually construct a subroutine program from basic mathematical information supplied to the system by a mathematician or programmer, insert it into a program, and carry out the computation of the needed values of the function.
She attempted to meld the operations of the computer system and its programs with the use of subroutines.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/iterations/norberg.html

  
 Unisys History Newsletter v5n1
Floating-point calculations could, however, be done by means of software subprogram, making it possible for the UNIVAC to do both scientific computation and business data processing.
Later computers would be designed with electronic circuits to perform calculations on numbers in floating-point format, but the UNIVAC did not have hardware instructions of this sort.
At some point in 1953 or 1954, the company decided to use the UNIVAC name for the products of all three groups, so the original UNIVAC computer was re-designated the UNIVAC I and ERA's 1101 computer became the UNIVAC 1101.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/randy.carpenter/folklore/v5n1.html

  
 A-0 - programming language for the UNIVAC I or II
A-0 (or A0) is a programming language for the UNIVAC I or II, using three-address code instructions for solving mathematical problems.
A-0 - programming language for the UNIVAC I or II all of the words
Website design and concept © 2003 Compute-101.com -
http://www.compute-101.com/a-0.htm

  
 Computer History Museum - Lectures - The World's First COBOL Compilers
After that he was founder and president of International Computer Technology Corporation, in San Francisco, which does software development, and was a consulting firm.
This was - the UNIVAC II was, I think, a software-friendly computer.
I didn't have an instruction card left, but I do have a UNIVAC II data processing manual, and that's where I found this instruction list.
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/cobol_06121997

  
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It is a system of library routines developed for the purpose of averting the necessity of repeatedly programming input-output functions which generally have a standard format and procedure.
MATPR "provides a complete High-Speed Printer listing of the current matrix without destroying the matrix or any of the pertinent constants." TECOO-OT00 Tape Error Routine ITCOO-OTOO controls the transfer of items from an input tape file to working storage, and from working storage to an output tape file.
1956 "Class Notes : Course 003 Advanced Programming" (Course 002 covered a description of the UNIVAC central computer and basic programming) Course 003 consists of 4 major sections: 1.
http://home.pacbell.net/mmetzler/manuals.txt

  
 Univac
There is an Emulator out there for just about any old machine you can imagine.
Under the 'Downloads' section of this page I have included a link to download a program I wrote to add a Graphical User Interface to the Marines Best Friend - a Dehacked DOOM II engine that is used to run these custom levels (Wad files).
* DOOM II & Wolfenstein are the registered TradeMarks of Id software.
http://www.univac.00server.com/backup/index2.htm

  
 Chronological Installations
Initial Date of Operation of Computing Systems in the USA (1950-1958)
(agents for Control Data Corporation computers) - C.D.C. - 1620 and 1401 International Computers and Tabulators Ltd. - I.C.T. National Cash Register Co. - NCR390 and NCR315 Remington Rand - UNIVAC SS80 Brisbane.
A.W.A. Bendix G-15 Burroughs - E101 General Electric - G.E.225 I.B.M. - 650 and 1401 International Computers and Tabulators - I.C.T. National Cash Register Co. - NE405 and NCR390, Remington Rand - UNIVAC SS80 Melbourne.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dgreen/timeline.html

  
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I suspect a lot of other CP/M machines are missing.
* Commodore Amiga 500 bef 1989 * Atari 520STFM bef 1989 * Apple II GS ????
This would have been around the same time as the Apple I but after the Altair.
http://fms.komkon.org/comp/misc/List.txt

  
 Computer History Nexus
Digital Computer 1954 MIDAC 1955 MINIAC Dec 1953 MINIAC II Mar 1955 Photo Mistic 1957 Photo MIT Whirlwind I Dec 1950 Photo MIT Whirlwind II Jul 1953 Photo MODAC 404 Sep 1954 Photo MODAC 410 1955 MODAC 414 1956?
Honeywell 8200 Feb 1969 Honeywell DDP 316 [Kitchen Computer] Jul 1969 Link Photo Photo Photo Honeywell DDP 416 Dec 1968 Honeywell H-21 Feb 1966 HP 2000-A Nov 1968 ICL 1908A 1969/70?
AN/FSQ 7 & 8 1957 AN/FSQ 31 & 32 Sep 1960 AN/GYK-3(V) (Honeywell D825) 1962 AN/TYK 4V COMPAC 1960 AN/TYK 6V BASICPAC 1959 AN/TYK 7V 1961 AN/UJQ-2(YA-1) 1953 AN/USQ 20 1960 AN/UYK-7 (UNIVAC 1832) avionics computer 1971 AN/UYK-12 (Rolm 1601 -- military DG Nova) Feb 1970 AN/UYK-44 [aka Rolm 1666 ?] 1977?
http://landru.i-link-2.net/jtrees/sortedcmplist.htm

  
 Unisys History Newsletter
Engineering Research Associates and the Atlas Computer (UNIVAC 1101), Vol.
You might also be interested in reading the ensuing discussion on the related Slashdot thread.
The UNIVAC 1100 in the Early 70s, Vol.
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/services/unisys-folklore/

  
 Engineering Research Associates Records1946-1959
These tasks required the use of computing devices that could calculate data at ever increasing speeds.
Engineering Research Associates' (ERA) origins can be traced to a classified World War II era Navy project which recruited highly skilled cryptologists, mathematicians, engineers, and physicists to break German and Japanese codes in order to pinpoint the movements of their ships.
There are also files on competitive systems (mostly IBM), sales and marketing records, contracts and correspondence - documenting efforts to market the UNIVAC I and II.
http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/2015.htm

  
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BRL 1961, QUANTITY OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS, start page 1044
GENERAL MILLS AD/ECS 10 RPC 4000 2 IBM STRETCH 10 ITC 9000 2 LIBRASCOPE AIR TRAFFIC 9 DE 60 2 PHILCO 3000 Over 8 IBM 7090 2 UM I II III
http://www.ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61table02.html

  
 Sam Belcher served in 'Black Air Force' - mansfieldnewsjournal.com
It shows Belcher working on a UNIVAC 1050-II computer.
Belcher helped install the device and train others in its use.
This photo of Sam Belcher was taken in 1967 in Vietnam.
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20041206/localnews/1702538.html

  
 02HISTORYCD-Index
Eurocom-1 Single Board Computer 6501 processor (ELTEC Germany
UNIVAC 1 - Full View - B (1951)
UNIVAC 1 - Full View - A (1951)
http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/02HISTORYCD-Index.htm

  
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* Atari 400 1978 * Atari 800 1978 * DEC VAX 11/780 1978 * UNIVAC 1100/80 1978 * IBM 4300 Jan 1979 * DEC PDP-11/23 Jan 1979 * Norsk Data NORD-100 Mar 1979?
* Fairchild F8 1977 * HP 250 1977 * Commodore PET 1977 * Commodore PET 2001 1977 * Nascom 1 1977 * Exidy Sorcerer 1977 * UNIVAC 1195 1977 * Commodore Amiga 500 1977 * Commodore 2001 ????
* Rockwell AIM-65 1976 * JOLT-1 1976 * UNIVAC 1100/20 1976 * DEC LSI11 (16 bit microcomputer) 1976/77 * Tandy TRS-80 model 1 1977?
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/history/computer_list

  
 UNIVAC II - Wiktionary
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If you created an entry under this title previously, it may have been deleted.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/:UNIVAC_II

  
 UNIVAC II
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 The Machine Room :: Univac :: 1108 II :: General
The UNIVAC 1108 II (also known as the UNIVAC 1108A), was a UNIVAC 1108 system with support for multiprocessing: up to three CPUs, four memory banks, and two independant programmable input/output controllers (IOCs).
With everything busy, five activities could be going on at the same moment: three programs running in the CPUs and two input/output processes in the IOCs.
The Machine Room :: Univac :: 1108 II :: General
http://www.machine-room.org/computers/8213/general.html

  
 UNIVAC 418-II
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 Pond Univac II (Rainbow)
No reproduction or duplication or other use without written consent.
The Pond Univac includes a collector bag, a shut off valve and adapter.
The hose attachment accepts 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" vacuum hosing and comes complete with a 4' handle.
http://www.thatpetplace.com/Products/KW/W03/Class/Water+Garden+Pond+Supplies+Cleaning+Equipment/T1/W03+0332+0278/Itemdy00.aspx

  
 Vintage Computer Festival
The IBM and Apple II Adventure Map Archives
Apple Vault: Home of the Apple II Document Preservation Project
A2-Web: The Mother of All Apple II Websites
http://www.vintage.org/links.php

  
 Univac II
The inevitable end, in 1968 the 2 last U II's in Canada were scrapped.
Mass storage consisted of 16 tap drives, metal or Mylar tape
http://members.rogers.com/gviss/univac_ii.htm

  
 The Dead media Project:Working Notes:00.6
174 UNIVAC Solid State 80/90 II Jan 1961
140 UNIVAC Solid State 80/90 I Jan 1960
11 Eckert-Mauchley UNIVAC 1101 Era 1101 Dec 1950
http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/0/006.html

  
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73 Radio Corp of Amer RCA BIZMAC I and II
http://www.cs.unr.edu/~han/DClist.html

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