SOLIDAC explained

SOLIDAC
Aka:Solid-state Automatic Computer
Manufacturer:Barr & Stroud
Unitsshipped:1
Cpu:Transistor-based
Memory:1,024 words, 20 bits each

The SOLIDAC (Solid-state Automatic Computer) was a 50kHz mini-computer at Glasgow University, built by Barr & Stroud in the late 1950s; Some early computer music was created on the system.[1]

The machine is currently housed in the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh.[2]

References

  1. Web site: 1967 Computer Music, Produced In Glasgow . Physical Impossibility . 2013-01-05 . 2016-11-17.
  2. Web site: SOLIDAC, The first Scottish built computer, by Barr & Stroud and Glasgow University, 1964. 2011-01-01 . 2023-08-23.

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