RAYDAC was a one-of-a-kind computer built by Raytheon, begun in 1949 and finished in 1953, and installed at the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California. It used 5,200 vacuum tubes and 18,000 crystal diodes, with 1,152 words of delay-line memory reaching an access time of up to 305 microseconds, an addition time of 38 microseconds, a multiplication time of 240 microseconds and a division time of 375 microseconds.
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SignificanceOne of the first digital computers to use error detection on all operations. 2 FAQs
What was technically notable about RAYDAC?
It was one of the first digital computers to use error detection on all operations.
RAYDAC used acoustic delay-line memory and magnetic tape storage, and the Computer History Museum catalog describes it as one of the first digital computers to use error detection on all operations.
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1. RAYDAC, Wikipedia
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It was started in 1949 and finished in 1953.
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RAYDAC (for Raytheon Digital Automatic Computer) was a one-of-a-kind computer built by Raytheon.
View the Source2. The RAYDAC by Louis Fein, Computer History Museum catalog
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one of the first digital computers to use error detection on all operations
Wikidata: RAYDAC
Wikidata Q7275900, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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