This collection consists of over 2,516 items, housed in 31 document boxes. The material is arranged into chronological order and covers the project dates of l945- l959. The items were originally ...

When it was first introduced half a century ago, the Whirlwind computer, the first digital computer capable of displaying real-time text and graphics on a video terminal, ushered in a new era of ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- When it was first introduced half a century ago, the Whirlwind computer, the first digital computer capable of displaying real-time text and graphics on a video terminal, ushered ...

This light-sensing pointing device, called a "light gun," was used with the Whirlwind computer. It has an "L" shaped cylindrical body of aluminum with a gray hammertone finish. There is a micro switch ...

Debugging computers in the 1950s sounds like it wasn’t an easy task. That’s one of the interesting facts from this fascinating talk by [Guy Fedorkow] about the Whirlwind, one of the first digital ...

1955: Computer pioneer Doug Ross demonstrates the Director tape for MIT’s Whirlwind machine. It's a new idea: a permanent set of instructions on how the computer should operate. Six years in the ...