TAPE ADAPTATION AND CONTROL UNIT
Abstract
The tape adaptation and control unit provides the necessary logic and control circuitry to permit a computer to control and transfer data to any one of eight magnetic tape stations. Three types of magnetic tape stations may be used. Computer input-output transfer time may be minimized by the future modular addition of a magnetic core buffer. This report presents a detailed narrative of the analysis and design work performed on the first phase of the TACU program; namely, the design phase. The introduction contains a description of the TACU program, a general background of the problem, and a breakdown of the design phase into the various sub-tasks. The discussion contains the sy tem analysis, system and logical design, circuit design, mechanical design, power supply design, reliability, maintainability, and error detection and correction of TACU. A PERT chart illustrates the major sub-tasks and their interrelationships. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0292341
Entities
People
- A.w. Muoio
Organizations
- Rome Laboratory