Philco was one of the pioneers of transistorized computers, also known as second generation computers. After the company developed the surface barrier...
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Philco (an acronym for Philadelphia Battery Company) is an American electronics manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. Philco was a pioneer in battery...
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large-scale all-transistor computers; they were announced in 1957 but did not ship until sometime after the fall of 1958. The Philco computer name "Transac" stands...
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transistor that was suitable for high-speed computers. Philco developed and produced a miniature transistorized computer called the "Transac" (models C-1000 and...
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TX-0 (redirect from Transistorized Experimental computer zero)
incorporated around 3,600 Philco high-frequency surface-barrier transistors, the first transistor suitable for high-speed computers. The TX-0 and its direct...
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This is a list of transistorized computers, which were digital computers that used discrete transistors as their primary logic elements. Discrete transistors...
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sign-magnitude binary computers, and ones' complement binary computers, although Philco, RCA, and Honeywell, for example, had some computers that were character-based...
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Mamram (section Fight against computer abuse)
of the IDF. Formed in 1959, the unit acquired its first computer, a US-made Philco computer TRANSAC S-2000 mainframe Model 211 installed in 1961. Prior...
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vision system display was similar to the Philco system. Ivan Sutherland's breakthrough was to imagine a computer to supply graphics output to the viewing...
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Magnavox (category Defunct computer companies of the United States)
subsidiary the following year. Philips acquired the similar-sounding company Philco in 1981, and Philips was able to freely use the Philips name, alternating...
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