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CHAPTER III

TABLES OF COMPUTER CHARACTERISTICS


This report supplements BRL Report 1115 "A Third Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems", March 1961. The Third Survey report contained descriptions of 222 computing systems and fifteen tables of computer characteristics. This Report contains a total of 112 computing systems descriptions. Of the 112 systems, 103 are new systems that have evolved since the 1961 survey report was published, and 9 are systems that were inadequately described in the Third Survey Report. However, the fifteen comparative tables of computer characteristics that follow cover all 325 computing systems. Thus, the tables are about as comprehensive as can be obtained.

The tables are self explanatory. The analysis of computer trends given in the 1961 report is still applicable. Computer characteristics have continued to change, such as the increase in the operational speed, the storage capacity, the storage figure of merit, the utilization of transistors, and the use of common programming languages. Power requirements have decreased. There have been same major changes in computer organization, such as the associative memory, the multi-computer system, and the variable logic systems. Many other trends may be discovered by analysis of the tables that follow.





TABLE I

MANUFACTURERS OF COMPUTING SYSTEM
*Based on this Survey. All others based on 1961 Survey.
    Manufacturer	
System
    Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation
    1200 Babbitt Road
    Cleveland, Ohio	
*Am 943, AM 960 *None
    Advanced Scientific Instruments
    5249 Hanson Court
    Minneapolis 29, Minnesota	
*ASI 210, ASI 420, ASI 2100
    Airborne Instruments Laboratory
    Deer Park
    Long Island, New York	
MODAC 404, MODAC 410, MODAC 414, MODAC 5014 *NONE
    Alwac Computer Division
    E1-Tronics, Incorporated
    Hawthorne, California	
ALWAC II, ALWAC III E *(Out of business)
    Argonne National Laboratory
    9700 South Cass Avenue
    Argonne, Illinois	
GEORGE *None
    Automation Management Incorporated
    Westboro, Massachusetts	
PERK I II *None
    Autonetics Division
    North American Aviation Corporation
    P.O. Box Y-1
    Anaheim, California
AN/MJQ 1 REDSTONE, FADAC, JUKEBOX, RECOMP I CP 266, RECOMP II, REPAC, VERDAN *MINUTEMAN, MINUTEMAN ADVANCED D37B, RECOMP III, VERDAN II
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Whippany, New Jersey	
LEPRECHAUN *None
    (Bendix Corporation)
    see Control Data Corporation
	
BENDIX CUBIC TRACKER, BENDIX D 12, BENDIX G 15, BENDIX G 20
    Brookhaven National Laboratories
    Associated Universities Incorporated
    Upton, New York	
MERLIN *None
    Burroughs Corporation
    6071 Second Avenue
    Detroit 32, Michigan
	
BURROUGHS 204, BURROUGHS 205, BURROUGHS 220, BURROUGHS D 103, BURROUGHS D 104, BURROUGHS D 105, BURROUGHS D 107, BURROUGHS D 201, BURROUGHS D 202, BURROUGHS D 203, BURROUGHS D 204, BURROUGHS D 208, BURROUGHS D 209, BURROUGHS E 101, BURROUGHS E 102, BURROUGHS E 103, UDEC I II III *BURROUGHS D 210, BURROUGHS B 260/B 270/B 280, BURROUGHS B 263/B 273/B 283, BURROUGHS D 825,. BURROUGHS B 5000
    Clary Corporation
    408 Junipero Street
    San Gabriel, California	
DE 60 *None
    Computer Control Company Incorporated
    Old Connecticut Path
    Framingham, Massachusetts	
CCC REAL TIME, SPEC *CCC 6B4 TRAINER, CCC 6F2 TRAINER, CCC 6F4 TRAINER, CCC DDP 19, CCC DDP 24
    Concord Control Incorporated
    1282 Soldiers Field Road
    Boston 35, Massachusetts	
NUMERICORD *CONCORD DIGITAL COORD, CONCORD NUM CNTRL NC5
    Control Data Corporation
    8100 South 34th Avenue
    Minneapolis 20, Minnesota	
CDC 160, CDC 1604 (Formerly Bendix: CONTROL DATA G 15, and CONTROL DATA G 20) *CONTROL DATA 160A, CONTROL DATA 924, CONTROL DATA 924A. CONTROL DATA 1604A, CONTROL DATA 3600, CONTROL DATA 6600
    Cubic Corporation
    9233 Balboa Avenue
    San Diego 23, California
CUBIC AIR TRAFFIC, CUBIC TRACKER *AERIS
    Daystrom Incorporated
    Control Systems Division
    4455 Mirmar Road
    La Jolla 4, California
*DAYSTROM 046, DAYSTROM 136, DAYSTROM 636
    Digital Equipment Corporation
    Maynard, Massachusetts
PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR *PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR 4
    Digitronics Corporation
    10 East 40th Street
    Albertson, New York
DIGITRONIC CONVERTER *None
    Electronic Associates Incorporated (EAI)
    West Long Branch, New Jersey
*HYDAC 2000, HYDAC 2400
    Electronics Corporation of America
    Business Machines Division
    Cambridge 42, Massachusetts
** MAGNEFILE B, MAGNEFILE D
    General Electric Company
    Computer Department
    13430 N. Black Canyon Highway
    Phoenix, Arizonia
GENERAL ELECTRIC 100 ERMA, GENERAL ELECTRIC 210, (GENERAL ELECTRIC 225, GENERAL ELECTRIC 250, GENERAL ELECTRIC 312, OARAC *GE 200 BANK TRANSIT, GE 215, GE 225, GE 235, GE 312 GARDE, GE 412
    General Mills
    Electronic Group
    1620 Central Avenue
    Minneapolis 13, Minnesota
** GENERAL MILLS AD/ECS, GENERAL MILLS APSAC
    Geotechnical Corporation
    3401 Shiloh Road
    Garland, Texas
GEOTECH AUTOMATIC *None
    Hampshire Engineering Company
    2300 Washington Street
    Newton Lower Falls 62, Massachusetts
CCC 500, HAMPSHIRE TRTDS 932 *None
    Hazeltine Corporation
    Electronics Division
    Weir Cook Municipal Airport, Box 41067
    Indianapolis, 41, Indiana
*SPEDAC 220, APEDAC 310
    Hogan Laboratories, Incorporated
    155 Perry Street
    New York 14, New York
** CIRCLE
    HRB Singer, Incorporated
    396 Fifth Avenue
    New York 18, New York
HRB SINGER *SEMA 2000, SEMAC
    Hughes Aircraft Company
    Aeorspace Group, Guidance & Controls Division
    Culver City, California
HUGHES ADV AIRBORNE III, HUGHES BM GUIDANCE, HUGHES D PAT, HUGHES DIGITAIR, HUGHES LRI X, HUGHES M 252 *HUGHES HCM 101, HUGHES HCM 121, HUGHES HCM 122, HUGHES HCM 201, HUGHES HCM 301
    H-W-Electronics, Incorporated
    14 Huron Drive
    Natick, Massachusetts
*HW 15K
    International Business Machines Corporation
    112 East Post Road
    White Plains, New York
    	
AN/ASQ 28(v) EDC, AN/ASQ 28(v) MDC, AN/FSQ 7 AN/FSQ 8 (SAGE), AN/FSQ 31(v), AN/FSQ 32, AN/TYK 7v INFORMER, ASC 15, IBM 305 RAMAC, IBM 604, IBM 607, IBM 608, IBM 609, IBM 610, IBM 632, IBM 650 RAMAC, IBM 701, IBM 702, IBM 704, IBM 705 I II III, IBM 709, (IBM 1401), IBM 1410, IBM 1620, IBM 7070, IBM 7074, IBM 7080, IBM 7090, IBM CPC t IBM STRETCH, NORC, STORED PROGRAM DDA *IBM 1401, IBM 1440, IBM 1460, IBM 1620 MOD II, IBM 1710, IBM 6400, IBM 7010, IBM 7040, IBM 7044, IBM 7072, IBM 7094 II
    Iowa State University
    Ames, Iowa
        	
(CYCLONE) *CYCLONE
    ITT Federal Laboratories
    500 Washington Avenue
    Nutley 10, New Jersey
        	
ITT BANK LN PROC, ITT SPES 025 * ITT 525 VADE
    ITT Information Systems Division
    (formerly Intelex Systems Inc.)
    Paramus Industrial Park
    Paramus, New Jersey
        	
INTELEX AIRLINE RESERVATION MITT 7300 MOD II
    (J.B. Rea Company, Incorporated)
    see Magnetics
        	
**READIX
    Kollsman Instrument Corporation
    80-08 45th Avenue
    Elmhurst 73, New York
        	
*AGDIC
    Laboratory for Electronics
    1079 Commonwealth Avenue
    Boston 15, Massachusetts
         	
DIANA, RASTAC, RASTAD *LFE GUESTRON
    Leeds and Northrup Company
    Sunneytown Pike
    North Wales, Pennsylvania,
        	
LEEDS NORTHROP 3000. *None
    Librascope Division
    General Precision Incorporated
    808 Western Avenue
    Glendale 1, California
        	
(LGP 30), LIBRASCOPE 407, LIBRASCOPE AIR TRAFFIC, LIBRASCOPE ASN 24, LIBRASCOPE CP 209, LIBRASCOPE MK 38, LIBRASCOPE MK 130, LIBRATROL 500, LIBRATROL 1000, LGP 21, LGP 30, LIBRASCOPE L 90-1, LIBRASCOPE C 141, LIBRASCOPE L Goo, LIBRASCOPE L 2010, LIBRASCOPE L 3055, RPC 4000
    Lincoln Laboratory
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Lexington 73, Massachusetts
        	
LINCOLN CG 24, LINCOLN TX 0, LINCOLN TX 2 None
    Litton Industries Incorporated
    6700 Eton Avenue
    Canoga Park, California,
        	
LITTON C 7000, LITTON DATA ASSESSOR None
    Magnetics
    Division of Idaho Maryland Industries
    1733 Flower Street
    Glendale 1, California
        	
READIX *None
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Digital Computer Laboratory
    Cambridge 42, Massachusetts
        	
WHIRLWIND II *None
    Michigan State University
    East Lansing, Michigan
    	
MISTIC *None
    Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
    Electronic Data Processing Division
    60 Walnut Street
    Wellesley Hills 81, Massachusetts
    	
DATAMATIC 1000, HONEYWELL 290, HONEYWELL 800 *HONEYWELL 400, HONEYWELL 1400, HONEYWELL 1800, HONEYWELL 1800 II
    Mnemotron
    Division of Technical Measurement Corporation
    202 Mamaroneck Avenue
    White Plains, New York
    	
*CORRELATION COMP CC1
    Monroe Calculating Machine Company
    555 Mitchell Street
    Orange, New Jersey
    	
DISTRIBUTAPE, MONROBOT III, MONROBOT V, MONROBOT VI, MONROBOT IX, MONROBOT XI, MONROBOT NU *None
    National Cash Register Company
    Data Processing Systems and Sales
    Dayton 9, Ohio
    	
NATIONAL 102 A, NATIONAL 102 D, NATIONAL 107, NATIONAL 304, NATIONAL 315, NATIONAL 390 *NCR 310
    Norden Division United Aircraft Corporation 
    3501 Harbor Boulevard
    Costa Mesa, California  
    	
NORDEN VOTE TALLY *None
    Norden Division
    United Aircraft Corporation
    58 Commerce Roed
    Stamford, Connecticut
    	
SCRIBE *NORDEN SCRIBE II
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Oak Ridge, Tennessee and
    Argonne National Laboratory
    Argonne, Illinois, Jointly
    	
ORACLE *None
    Oklahoma University
    Norman, Oklahoma
    	
OKLAHOMA UNIV *None
    Pacific Data Systems, Incorporated
    1058 East First Street
    Santa Ana, California
    	
*PDS 1020, PDS 1068
    Packard Bell Computer
    1905 Armacost Avenue
    Los Angeles 25, California
    	
PACKARD BELL 250, TRICE *PACKARD BELL 440
    Pennsylvania State University
    Electrical Engineering Department
    University Park, Maryland
    	
PENNSTAC *None
    Philco Corporation
    Subsidiary of Ford Motor Company
    Computer Marketing Department
    Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
    	
AN/TYK 6v BASICPAC, AN/TYK 4v COMPAC,(PHILCO 1000), PHILCO 2000, PHILCO 3000, PHILCO CXPQ *PHILCO 210 & 211, PHILCO 212, PHILCO 1000
    Radio Corporation of America
    Electronic Data Processing Systems Division
    Camden 2, New Jersey
    	
BIZMAC I, BIZMAC II, RCA 110, RCA 200, RCA 300, RCA 301, RCA 501, RCA 601 *RCA 3301 REALCOM
    The Rand Corporation
    1700 Main Street
    Santa Monica, California
    	
JOHNNIAC *None
    Raytheon Company
    Information Systems Division
    225 Crescent Street
    Waltham 54, Massachusetts
	
*APOLLO DC
    Rice University
    Computer Project
    Houston 1, Texas
	
RICE UNIVERSITY *None
    (Royal McBee Corporation) see Librascope Division
    	
(RPC 4000), RPC 9000
    Scientific Data Systems, Incorporated
    1649 Seventeenth Street
    Santa Monica, California
    	
* SDS 910, SDS 920, SDS 9300
    SCM Data Processing Systems
    (formerly Marchant Calculators, Incorporated)
    6701 San Pablo Avenue
    Oakland 8, California
    	
MINIAC II *None
    Sperry Gyroscope Company
    Division of Sperry Rand Corporation
    Great Neck, New York
	
*AN/MSM 42, MAGLOC I
    Sylvania Electric Products, Incorporated
    189 B Street
    Needham 94, Massachusetts
    	
MOBIDIC A, MOBIDIC B, MOBIDIC C D-AND 7A, SYLVANLA S 9400, SYLVANIA UDOFTT * None
    The Teleregister Corporation
    445 Fairfield Avenue
    Stamford, Connecticut
    	
TELEREGISTER MAGNET BID ASKED, TELEREGISTER MAGNET INVENT CONT, (TELEREGISTER TELEFILE), TELERECISTER UNIFIED AIRLINE *TELEREGISTER TELEFILE
    Thompson Remo Wooldridge, Incorporated
    TRW Computers Company, Division
    8433 Fallbrook Avenue
    Canoga Park, California
    	
RW 300; RW 400 *TRW 230 130 AN/UYK 1, TRW 330, TRW 340
    Underwood Corporation
    1 Park Avenue
    New York 16, New York
    	
ELECOM 50, ELECOM 100, ELECOM 120, ELECOM 125 125 FP
    UNIVAC Division
    Sperry Rand Corporation
    Sperry Rand Building
    New York 19, New York
    	
AF/CRC, AN/USQ 20, ATHENA, BOGART, LOGISTICS, TARGET INTERCEPT, UNIVAC 60, UNIVAC 720, UNIVAC 490, UNIVAC 1101, UNIVAC 1102, UNIVAC 1103 1103A, UNIVAC 1105, UNIVAC 1107, UNIVAC FILE 0, UNIVAC FILE 1, UNIVAC LARC, UNIVAC SOLID STATE 80/90, UNIVAC STEP, UNIVAC I, UNIVAC II, UNIVAC III *UNIVAC DIG TRNR, UNIVAC 422 TRNG COMP, UNIVAC 1000, UNIVAC 1004 80/90, UNIVAC 1020, UNIVAC 1050, UNIVAC 1206, UNIVAC 1212, UNIVAC 1218, UNIVAC 1824, UNIVAC SOLID STATE II 80/90
    University of California
    Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
    P.O. Box 1663
    Los Alamos, New Mexico
    	
MANIAC I, MANIAC II *None
    University of Chicago
    Institute for Computer Research
    Chicago 37, Illinois
    	
(MANIAC III) *MANIAC III
    University of Illinois
    Digital Computer Laboratory
    Urbana, Illinois
    	
ILLIAC I, ORDVAC *ILLIAC II II
    University of Pennsylvania
    Moore School of Electrical Engineering
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    	
EDVAC *None
    University of Wisconsin
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    Madison 6, Wisconsin
    	
WISC *None
    U. S. Army
    Ballistic Research Laboratories
    Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
    	
(BRLESC) *BRLESC
    U.S. Navy Department Naval Research
    Laboratory Washington 25, D.C.
      	
NAREC *None
    U.S. Naval Laboratory
    Dahlgren, Maryland
      	
UNIVERSAL DATA TRANS *None
    U. S. Department of Commerce National
    Bureau of Standards Data Processing
    Systems Division Connecticut and Van Ness
    Avenues Washington 25, D.C.
      	
AMOS IV, DYSEAC, SEAC, SWAC *None
    Western Reserve University
    Center for Documentation and
     Communications Research
    Cleveland 6, Ohio
      	
WRU SEARCHING SELECTOR *None
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Air Arm Division
    Box 746
    Baltimore 3, Maryland
   	
WESTINGHOUSE AIRBORNE *None

TABLE II QUANTITY OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS MANUFACTURED OR OPERATIONAL
Quantity System
Several Thousand *IBM 1401
Over 2,993 IBM 604
(Est All Models ) 2,500 IBM 650
693 IBM CPC
490 *LGP 30
478 *BURROUGHS B26O/B270/B280
over 400 LIBRATROL 500
over 300 BENDIX G 15
300 CONTROL DATA 160A
Over 267 IBM 607
(Incl E 101) 210 BURROUGHS E 103
200 UNIVAC STEP
195 *TRW 230 130 (AN/UYK-1)
180 VERDAN
171 *VERDAN II
(Incl Mod 1) 164 UNIVAC FILE 0
164 UNIVAC FILE 1
127 BURROUGHS E 101
124 *LGP 21
115 *RPC 4000
(Incl 204) 112 BURROUGHS 205
110 UNIVAC SOLID STATE 80/90
100 BURROUGHS D 104
(Est) 70 IBM 704
70 MONROBOT IX
52 *UNIVAC DIG TRIM
50 AN/FSQ 7 AN/FSQ 8 (SAGE)
48 LIBRASCOPE CP 209
45 NCR 310
45 UNIVAC 1105
42 BURROUGHS 220
40 *RECOMP III
37 *BURROUGHS D825
36 *BURROUGHS B5000
34 *LIBRASCOPE L600
31 *UNIVAC SOLID STATE II 80/90
Over 30 IBM 709
30 *TRW 330
25 UNIVAC III
24 *CCC DDP 24
24 RCA 501
20 *LFE GUESTRON
Over 18 IBM 701
18 GE 100 ERMA
18 *PHILCO 210
18 *PHILCO 211
18 RW 300
16 NATIONAL 102 A
16 *PACKARD BELL 44o
15 *PHILCO 1000
14 *HUGHES HCM 121
14 LIBRASCOPE MK 38
14 *TELEREGISTER TELEFILE
Over 13 IBM 702
Over 13 IBM 705 111
Over 13 UNIVAC 1103 1103A
Over 12 BURROUGHS 204
12 *ASI 210
12 *CONTROL DATA 924
12 *CONTROL DATA 924A
12 TELEREGISTER UNIFIED AIRLINE
11 *DAYSTROM o46
11 AGE 412
11 *HUGHES HCM 201
10 CDC 1604
10 JUKEBOX
10 RPC 9000
9 *DAYSTROM 636
9 DE 60
8 *AM 960
8 *ASI 420
Over 8 IBM 7090
8 *ITT 7300 MOD II
Over 8 RECOMP II
8 GENERAL ELECTRIC 210
8 NUMERICORD
Over 7 UNIVAC II
7 AN/TYK 6v BASICPAC
7 CDC 160
7 CUBIC TRACKER
7 MONROBOT XI
7 *PHILCO 212
Over 6 PHILCO 2000
6 *AM 943
6 ELECOM 125 125FP
6 NATIONAL 304
6 NATIONAL 390
6 READIX
Over 5 BURROUGHS E102
Over 5 DATAMATIC 1000
5 *GE 312 GARDE
5 BURROUGHS D 204
5 ELECOM 120
5 FOSDIC
5 TRICE
Over 4 NATIONAL 102D
Over 4 UNIVAC 120
4 GENERAL ELECTRIC 312
4 *HUGHES HCM 122
4 ILLIAC
4 LIBRASCOPE ASN 24
4 RW 400
3 ALWAC III E
(Incl All Models) 3 BIZMAC I
(Incl All Models) 3 BIZMAC II
3 *CCC DDP 19
3 DIGITRONIC CONVERTER
3 DISTRIBUTAPE
3 ELECOM 50
3 ELECOM 100
3 HRB SINGER
3 *LIBRASCOPE L 3055
3 PACKARD BELL 250
3 UNIVAC 1102
3 *UNIVAC 1000
2 ALWAC II
2 *CCC 6B4 TRAINER
2 CIRCLE
2 *CONCORD DIG COORD
2 *DAYSTROM 136
2 GENERAL MILLS AD/ECS
2 IBM STRETCH
2 LIBRASCOPE AIR TRAFFIC
2 PHILCO 3000
2 *SPEDAC 220
2 UDEC I II III
2 WESTINGHOUSE AIRBORNE
1 *AERIS
1 AF/CRC
1 *AGDIC
1 AMOS IV
1 *AN/MSM 42
1 AN/USQ 20
1 *APOLLO DC
1 BOGART
1 *BRLESC
1 BURROUGHS D 201
1 BURROUGHS D 202
1 *BURROUGHS D 210
1 *BURROUGHS B263/B273/B283
1 *CCC 6F2 TRAINER
1 *CCC 6F4 TRAINER
1 CCC REAL TIME
1 COMPAC
1 *CONCORD NUM CNTRL NC5
1 *CONTROL DATA 6600
1 CUBIC AIR TRAFFIC
1 *CYCLONE
1 DIANA
1 DYSEAC
1 EDVAC
1 GENERAL MILLS APSAC
1 GEORGE
1 GEOTECH AUTOMATIC
1 HAMPSHIRE CCC 500
1 HAMPSHIRE TRTDS 932
1 *ILLIAC II
1 INTELEX AIRLINE RESERVATION
1 *ITT 525 VADE
1 ITT BANK IN PROC
1 ITT SPES 025
1 JOHNNIAC
1 LEPRECHAUN
1 *LIBRASCOPE L90-1
1 *LIBRASCOPE L2010
1 LIBRASCOPE MK 130
1 LINCOLN CG 24
1 LINCOLN TX 0
1 LINCOLN TX 2
1 LOGISTICS
1 MAGNEFILE B
1 MAGNEFILE D
1 MANIAC I
1 MANIAC II
1 *MANIAC III
1 MERLIN
1 MINIAC II
1 MISTIC
1 MOBIDIC A
1 MOBIDIC B
1 MOBIDIC C D & 7A
1 MODAC 404
1 MODAL 410
1 MODAL 414
1 MODAL 5014
1 MONROBOT III
1 MONROBOT V
1 NAREC
1 NATIONAL 107
1 NATIONAL 315
1 NORC
1 NORDEN VOTE TALLY
1 *NORDEN SCRIBE II
1 OARAC
1 OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY
1 ORACLE
1 ORDVAC
1 PENNSTAC
1 PERK I II
1 PHILCO 1000
1 PHILCO CXPQ
1 PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR
1 RASTAD
1 RCA 200
1 RCA 300
1 RCA 301
1 RCA 601
1 *RCA 3301 REALCOM
1 RECOMP I CP 266
1 REPAC
1 RICE UNIVERSITY
1 *SDS 9300
1 SEAL
1 SPEC
1 STORED PROGRAM DDA
1 SWAC
1 SYLVANIA s 9400
1 SYLVANIA UDOFTT
1 TARGET INTERCEPT
1 TELEREGISTER MAGNET BID ASKED
1 TELEREGISTER MAGNET INVENT CONT
1 UNIVAC 490
1 UNIVAC 1101
1 UNIVAC LARC
1 UNIVERSAL DATA TRANS
1 WHIRLWIND II
1 WISC
1 WRU SEARCHING SELECTOR


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