”Whirlwind – 1”
by admin on Mar.09, 2010, under Uncategorized
At the same time in Minsk under the leadership of GPLopato and VV Przyjalkowski work began on the creation of the first machine known in the future of the family”Minsk – 1”. It produced Minsk Plant of computers in various configurations:”Minsk – 1”,”Minsk – 11”,”Minsk – 12”,”Minsk – 14”. The machine is widely used in data centers of our country. Average productivity of the machine was 2 – 3 thousand op. / sec.
In considering the first-generation computer technology, to highlight one of the input devices – output. Since the beginning of the first appearance of computers revealed the contradiction between the high-speed central devices and low speed of external devices. In addition, there is a imperfection and inconvenience of these devices.
The first storage medium in computers, as is known, was punched card. Then came perforating paper tape or just tape. They came from the telegraph technology, after the beginning of XIX century. father and son from Chicago, Charles and Howard Krama invented the teletype. Steel tape to replace punch cards in the tabs, and then to the first computer – a relay machines and G. D. Shtibittsa Aykena in British cars”Colossus”from Bletch – Park et al
The first innovation in the systems of input – output were noted in the car”Whirlwind – 1”