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UNIVAC 1105

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The UNIVAC 1105 was a follow-on computer to the UNIVAC 1103A, introduced by Sperry Rand in September 1958. It used 21 types of vacuum tubes, 11 types of diodes, 10 types of transistors and three types of magnetic core.

Facts
Year
1958 1
Significance
One of only three UNIVAC 1105s built, with the other two operated by the United States Census Bureau and the Armour Institute of Technology. 1
Sources
1. UNIVAC 1105, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    The UNIVAC 1105 was a follow-on computer to the UNIVAC 1103A introduced by Sperry Rand in September 1958.
  • Chapel Hill section
    It was intended primarily for the United States Census Bureau, which had one of its own; Armour Institute of Technology had the other.
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