Hardware Detail
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HW0863 | ||
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SCAMP | Serial Number: |
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| SCAMP read-only storage wheel | |||
| The Scientific Computer and Modular Processor (SCAMP) was developed during 1961 and 1962. It was Hursley Labs first processor project. One of the features of SCAMP was the read-only storage wheel, a permanent storage device used to store the microcode instructions used by the system. The SCAMP wheel had a capacity of 1023 words of 64 bits, and the access time was approximately half a microsecond. The components were arranged in a wheel with 64 ferrite-core transformers mounted on the periphery, each transformer acting as a one-bit storage device. A 32x32 diode decoding matrix was used to select the required words from the storage wheel. | |||
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Hursley Archive - HLG06 | Cupboard / Rack: HW14 | Shelf: Top |
