Whirlwind rack
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1951
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- 72 x 26 x 5 in.
- Manufacturer
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Digital Equipment Corporation
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- Keywords
- Anderson, Harlan; Olsen, Ken; DEC; TX-2 (Computer); TX-0 (Computer)
- Object ID
- 102631000, 102631003, 102647894, 102630980
- Speed
- 125,000 adds/s
- Memory Type
- Core
- Memory Size
- 6,144 words
- Memory Width
- 16-bit
Whirlwind’s success inspired the transistorized TX-0 and TX-2 computers. The TX-2 laid the foundation for later designs at Digital Equipment Corporation, founded in 1957 by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson after leaving MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories.
