Chapter 10. More information about this machine is in the following

references:

ECKERT, W. J., Electrons and Computation, _The Scientific Monthly_, vol. 67, no. 5, Nov. 1948, pp. 315-323.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, _IBM Selective-Sequence Electronic Calculator_, New York: International Business Machines Corporation (form no. 52-3927-0), 1948, 16 pp.

The Raytheon Computer

The Raytheon Computer is a machine under construction at the Raytheon Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Mass.

BLOCH, R. M., R. V. D. CAMPBELL, and M. ELLIS, The Logical Design of the Raytheon Computer, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 24, Oct. 1948, pp. 286-295.

BLOCH, R. M., R. V. D. CAMPBELL, and M. ELLIS, General Design Considerations for the Raytheon Computer, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 24, Oct. 1948, pp. 317-323.

A “System of Electric Remote-Control Accounting”

During the 1930’s a system using connected punch-card machinery was experimented with in a department store in Pittsburgh. The purpose of the system was automatic accounting and analysis of sales. This system is described in:

WOODRUFF, L. F., A System of Electric Remote-Control Accounting, _Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers_, vol. 57, Feb. 1938, pp. 78-87.

The Univac

The Univac is a machine under construction at the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, Philadelphia. A similar but smaller digital computer called the Binac is also being developed.

ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER CORPORATION, _The Univac System_, Philadelphia: Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp., 1948, 8 pp.

ELECTRONIC CONTROL CO. (now ECKERT-MAUCHLY COMPUTER CORP.), _A Tentative Instruction Code for a Statistical Edvac_, Philadelphia: Electronic Control Co. (now Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.), May 7, 1947, 19 pp.

SNYDER, FRANCES E., and HUBERT M. LIVINGSTON, Coding of a Laplace Boundary Value Problem for the UNIVAC, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 25, Jan. 1949, pp. 341-350.

The Zuse Computer

The Zuse Computer is a small digital computer constructed in Germany.

LYNDON, ROGER C., The Zuse Computer, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 2, no. 20, Oct. 1947, pp. 355-359.

THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL MACHINES

Following are a number of references on various aspects of the design of digital computing machines:

Organization

BURKS, ARTHUR W., Super-Electronic Computing Machine, _Electronic Industries_, vol. 5, no. 7, July 1946, p. 62.

BURKS, ARTHUR W., HERMAN H. GOLDSTINE and JOHN VON NEUMANN, _Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument_, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study, 2nd edition, Sept. 1947, 42 pp.

ECKERT, J. PRESPER, JR., JOHN W. MAUCHLY, and J. R. WEINER, An Octal System Automatic Computer, _Electrical Engineering_, vol. 68, no. 4, Apr. 1949, p. 335.

FORRESTER, JAY W., WARREN S. LOUD, ROBERT R. EVERETT, and DAVID R. BROWN, _Lectures by Project Whirlwind Staff on Electronic Digital Computation_, Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servo-mechanisms Laboratory, Mar. and Apr. 1947, 149 pp.

LUBKIN, SAMUEL, Decimal Point Location in Computing Machines, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 21, Jan. 1948, pp. 44-50.

PATTERSON, GEORGE W., editor, and others, _Theory and Techniques for Design of Electronic Digital Computers_ (subtitle: _Lectures Given at the Moore School 8 July 1946-31 August 1946_), Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, vol. 1, lectures 1-10, Sept. 10, 1947, 161 pp.; vol. 2, lectures 11-21, Nov. 1, 1947, 173 pp.; vol. 3 and 4 in preparation.

STIBITZ, GEORGE R., _Relay Computers_, Applied Mathematics Panel Report 171.1R, Washington, D. C.: National Defense Research Council, Feb. 1945, 83 pp.

STIBITZ, GEORGE R., Should Automatic Computers be Large or Small? _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 2, no. 20, Oct. 1947, pp. 362-364.

STIBITZ, GEORGE R., The Organization of Large-Scale Calculating Machinery, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 91-100.

STIBITZ, GEORGE R., A New Class of Computing Aids, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 23, July 1948, pp. 217-221.

Input and Output Devices

ALEXANDER, SAMUEL N., Input and Output Devices for Electronic Digital Calculating Machinery, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 248-253.

FULLER, HARRISON W., The Numeroscope, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 238-247.

O’NEAL, R. D., Photographic Methods for Handling Input and Output Data, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 260-266.

TYLER, ARTHUR W., Optical and Photographic Storage Techniques, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 146-150.

ZWORYKIN, V. K., L. E. FLORY, and W. S. PIKE, Letter-Reading Machine, _Electronics_, vol. 22, no. 6, June 1949, pp. 80-86.

ANONYMOUS, Letter-Printing Cathode-Ray Tube, _Electronics_, vol. 22, no. 6, June 1949, pp. 160-162.

Storage Devices

BRILLOUIN, LEON N., Electromagnetic Delay Lines, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 110-124.

FORRESTER, JAY W., High-Speed Electrostatic Storage, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 125-129.

HAEFF, ANDREW V., The Memory Tube and its Application to Electronic Computation, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 3, no. 24, Oct. 1948, pp. 281-286.

KORNEI, OTTO, Survey of Magnetic Recording, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 223-237.

MOORE, BENJAMIN L., Magnetic and Phosphor Coated Discs, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 130-132.

RAJCHMAN, JAN A., The Selectron—A Tube for Selective Electrostatic Storage, _Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation_, vol. 2, no. 20, Oct. 1947, pp. 359-361 and frontispiece.

SHARPLESS, T. KITE, Mercury Delay Lines as a Memory Unit, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 103-109.

SHEPPARD, C. BRADFORD, Transfer Between External and Internal Memory, _Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery_, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948, pp. 267-273.

Programming or Coding

EVERETT, ROBERT R., _Digital Computing Machine Logic_ (memorandum M-63), Cambridge, Mass.: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Servo-mechanisms Laboratory, Mar. 19, 1947, 48 pp.

GOLDSTINE, HERMAN H., and JOHN VON NEUMANN, _Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument_, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study, 1947, 69 pp.

GOLDSTINE, HERMAN H., and JOHN VON NEUMANN, _Planning and Coding of Problems for an Electronic Computing Instrument_, Princeton, N. J.: Institute for Advanced Study,