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ORDVAC. ORDVAC Manual, Volume One, 1952. Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois, October 31, 1951.
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ORDVAC.
ORDVAC Manual, Volume One, 1952. Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois, October 31, 1951.
xvii, [1], 287 pp. Illustrated. Original tan stiff wrappers. Toned, some stray spots, wrappers rubbed and with some light creases.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Martin Davis.
The ORDVAC (Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was an early computer built by the University of Illinois for the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground. It was based on Institute for Advance Study (IAS) architecture developed by John von Neumann. The computer, which used 2178 vacuum tubes, was the first to have a compiler and was one of the first to be used remotely by telephone.
xvii, [1], 287 pp. Illustrated. Original tan stiff wrappers. Toned, some stray spots, wrappers rubbed and with some light creases.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Martin Davis.
The ORDVAC (Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was an early computer built by the University of Illinois for the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground. It was based on Institute for Advance Study (IAS) architecture developed by John von Neumann. The computer, which used 2178 vacuum tubes, was the first to have a compiler and was one of the first to be used remotely by telephone.



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