Core plane from computer
- Made:
- 1951 in Massachusetts
Core plane from Whirlwind computer, made by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for U.S. Navy, operation in 1951
Whirlwind I was a Cold War-era vacuum tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory for the U.S. Navy. Operational in 1951, it was among the first digital electronic computers that operated in real-time for output, and the first that was not simply an electronic replacement of older mechanical systems. It was one of the first computers to calculate in parallel (rather than serial), and was the first to use magnetic-core memory.
Details
- Category:
- Computing & Data Processing
- Object Number:
- 1976-131
- type:
- core plane
- credit:
- Digital Equipment Corp.