THE REALISATION OF PRACTICAL GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS WITH THE MINIMUM OF HARDWARE.
Abstract
A means of making low cost general purpose computers is described in this report. The technique employed makes use of a brief and elementary order code which does not include arithmetical instructions. When required, arithmetical operations can be performed by means of sequences of minimal instructions. The computing power of such a machine is shown to be greatly increased by the aid of a few special locations in the core store able to perform logical operations on quantities passed through them. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0654143
Entities
People
- David L. Stone
Organizations
- Royal Aircraft Establishment