The Tradic Digital Computer
by Bettmann
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The Tradic Digital Computer
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) Unveil New Electronic Brain. New York: "Tradic," a new digital computer developed for the U.S. Air Force by Bell Telephone Laboratories, contains nearly 800 transistors instead of vacuum tubes. Transistors, completely cold, highly efficient amplifying devices, enable the machine to operate on less than 100 watts, one twentieth of the power needed by comparable vacuum tube computers. Project director J.H. Felker (left) gives instructions to the computer by means of a plug-in unit while J.R Harris places numbers into the machine by flipping simple switches. "Tradic" was developed under Mr. Felker's direction.
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May 12th, 2020
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