SOLIDAC
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| name = SOLIDAC
| aka = Solid-state Automatic Computer
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| manufacturer = Barr & Stroud
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| releasedate = {{Start date|1959}}
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| discontinued = {{End date|1963}}
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| cpu = Transistor-based
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| memory = 1,024 words, 20 bits each
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The SOLIDAC (Solid-state Automatic Computer) was a 50{{nbsp}}kHz mini-computer at Glasgow University, built by Barr & Stroud in the late 1950s; Some early computer music was created on the system.{{cite web|url=https://physicalimpossibility.com/2013/01/05/1967-computer-music-produced-in-glasgow/ |title=1967 Computer Music, Produced In Glasgow |publisher=Physical Impossibility |date=2013-01-05 |access-date=2016-11-17}}
The machine is currently housed in the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/computer/695414 |title=SOLIDAC, The first Scottish built computer, by Barr & Stroud and Glasgow University, 1964|date=2011-01-01 |access-date=2023-08-23}}
References
External links
- [http://www.moz.ac.at/sem/lehre/lib/bib/computer_music/CMT/page_828.html Studio für Elektronische Musik]
- [http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_27606_en.pdf Short paper by designer P.A.V Thomas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055356/http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_27606_en.pdf |date=2016-11-19 }} [https://doi.org/10.1109/85.238393 doi:10.1109/85.238393]
- [https://theses.gla.ac.uk/79404/ The Design Philosophy of a Small Electronic Automatic Digital Computer (PhD Thesis)]
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Category:Early British computers
Category:Transistorized computers
Category:Computer-related introductions in 1959
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