TX-0
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The TX-0, for Transistorized Experimental computer zero, but affectionately referred to as tixo, is an early fully transistorized computer that contained a then-huge 64K of 18-bit words of magnetic-co
TX-0 computer circuitry used Philco surface-barrier transistors, which were encapsulated in plug-in vacuum tubes for testing and easy removal.
Philco surface-barrier transistor advertisement for the first high-frequency transistors, which were used in the TX-0 transistorized computer
Whirlwind I
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Whirlwind I is a vacuum-tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory for the U.S. Navy. Operational in 1951, it was among the first digital electronic computers that operated in real-
TX-0
…other systems used by Minsky's AI group. The TX-0 was designed at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory largely as an experiment in transistorized design. Like the Whirlwind, the TX-0 was equipped with a vector display system, consisting of a 12-inch oscilloscope with a working area of 7 by 7 inches connected to the 18-bit…
Whirlwind computer elements: core memory (left) and operator console
Circuitry from core memory unit of Whirlwind
Core stack from core memory unit of Whirlwind
Project Whirlwind core memory, circa 1951