DocumentCode
878657
Title
The SEA CAB 500 Computer
Author
Starynkevitch, Dimitri
Volume
12
Issue
1
fYear
1990
Firstpage
23
Lastpage
29
Abstract
The CAB 500 was planned by SEA as a low cost, simple to use computer, primarily for scientific calculations. The technology used was magnetic amplifiers, transistors, ferrite cores, and a magnetic drum, with input/output on perforated paper tape. It could be used in two modes: as a stored program computer or as a desk calculator. It was a micro-programmed machine, and a high-level language PAF (Programmation Automatique des Formules) was developed for it. It was launched in 1960 and over 100 were sold.
Keywords
Arithmetic; Central Processing Unit; Costs; Ferrites; History; Magnetic cores; Power supplies; Pulse amplifiers; Registers; Software performance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0164-1239
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.1990.10008
Filename
4637513
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