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}}

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