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The AVIDAC or Argonne Version of the Institute's Digital Automatic Computer, an early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory, was partially based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. It was built by the Laboratory's Physics Division for $250,000 and began operations on January 28, 1953.[1][2][3]
As with almost all computers of its era, it was a one-of-a-kind machine that could not exchange programs with other computers (even other IAS machines).
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Argonne History - 1950s | Argonne National Laboratory". www.anl.gov. Photo 6-7. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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- ^ Research, United States Office of Naval (1953). A survey of automatic digital computers. Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy. p. 7.
External links
[edit]- "Science, then & now | Argonne National Laboratory". www.anl.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- Holl, Jack M.; Hewlett, Richard G.; Harris, Ruth R. (1997). Argonne National Laboratory, 1946-96. University of Illinois Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780252023415.
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