W. K. Halstead
ABSTRACT
This presentation before the 1956 Western Joint Computer Conference is the first complete public presentation of the RCA (Radio Corporation of America) BIZMAC system. In November 1955, the system passed acceptance tests and was delivered in December to the Ordnance Tank-Automotive Command (OTAC) of the U. S. Army Ordnance Corps in Detroit, Mich.
- Purpose and application of the RCA BIZMAC system
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The RCA BIZMAC system central
AIEE-IRE '56 (Western): Papers presented at the February 7-9, 1956, joint ACM-AIEE-IRE western computer conferenceThe RCA BIZMAC system is a product line of fully-integrated electronic data-processing machines, which has been designed to meet the large volume requirements of commercial applications. A typical large installation may have about 200 separate RCA ...
Characteristics of the RCA BIZMAC computer
AIEE-IRE '56 (Western): Papers presented at the February 7-9, 1956, joint ACM-AIEE-IRE western computer conferenceThe RCA BIZMAC computer has been developed as a major element of the RCA BIZMAC system which is primarily intended to handle cyclical accounting, such as inventory control, as employed at the Ordnance Tank and Automotive Command in Detroit, Mich. The ...
Accuracy control in the RCA Bizmac system
IRE-AIEE-ACM '57 (Western): Papers presented at the February 26-28, 1957, western joint computer conference: Techniques for reliabilityVery early in the development of the RCA Bizmac system it was recognized that large-scale data-handling applications presented particular requirements which could not be met by the multiplication of data-processing devices alone. The size and complexity ...
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