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List of UNIVAC products

List of UNIVAC products is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of UNIVAC products rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of UNIVAC products. It ends in 1986, the year that Sperry Corporation merged with Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys as a result of a hostile takeover bid launched by Burrough's CEO W.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of UNIVAC products. It ends in 1986, the year that Sperry Corporation merged with Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys as a result of a hostile takeover bid launched by Burrough's CEO W. Michael Blumenthal.

The Remington Rand years (1950 to 1955)

Calculating devices UNIVAC 40 UNIVAC 60 UNIVAC 120

Computer systems UNIVAC I UNIVAC 1101 UNIVAC 1102 UNIVAC 1103 UNIVAC 1104

Peripherals

Storage UNISERVO tape drive

Display and print UNIVAC High speed printer 600 line/min printer

Offline tape handling units UNIPRINTER 10 char/s printer with tape drive UNITYPER keyboard with tape drive UNIVAC Tape to Card converter card punch with tape drive UNIVAC Card to Tape converter card reader with tape drive UNIVAC Paper Tape to Tape converter paper tape reader with tape drive

The Sperry Rand years (1955 to 1978)

Calculating devices UNIVAC 1004 UNIVAC 1005

Computer systems

Embedded systems AN/USQ-17 – the Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) or M-460 AN/USQ-20 – updated NTDS, a.k.a. UNIVAC 1206 or G-40 AN/UYK-5 18-bit (octal) digital CPU Military System (Navy/Marines) used for logistics/pay/maintenance management (Navy Shipboard, Marines Portable) AN/UYK-7 – multiprocessor for Aegis. 32-bit replacement for the Naval Tactical Data System, derived from UNIVAC 1108 AN/UYK-8 – dual processor version of the Naval Tactical Data System AN/UYK-20 AN/UYK-43 – replaced and shared its instruction set with the AN/UYK-7 AN/UYK-44 – replaced and shared its instruction set with the AN/UYK-20 UNIVAC 1218 – real-time computer UNIVAC 1230 – later, faster (2×) version of the AN/USQ-20 (memory size and I/O were identical) UNIVAC 1824 – 24-bit digital computer for on-board missile guidance, Univac's first to use monolithic integrated circuits CP-823/U / UNIVAC 1830 – airborne 30-bit digital computer for the A-NEW project ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) development of the Lockheed P-3 Orion

Word machines LARC UNIVAC File Computer - Used by Eastern Air Lines in an early Reservation system. UNIVAC Solid State UNIVAC II UNIVAC III UNIVAC 418 – real-time computer UNIVAC 418-II – real-time computer UNIVAC 418-III – real-time computer UNIVAC 422 - Univac Digital Trainer, part of the Programmed Educational Package (Prep) UNIVAC 490 – commercial adaptation of AN/USQ real-time system UNIVAC 492 UNIVAC 494 UNIVAC 494-MAPS – The first Multi-Associated Processor System - not made available commercially UNIVAC 1103A UNIVAC 1104 UNIVAC 1105 UNIVAC 1100/2200 series: UNIVAC 1106 (half-speed 1108) UNIVAC 1107 UNIVAC 1108 UNIVAC 1110 UNIVAC 1100/10 (1106 upgraded with semiconductor memory) UNIVAC 1100/20 (1108 upgraded with semiconductor memory) UNIVAC 1100/40 (1110 upgraded with semiconductor memory) UNIVAC 1100/82A UNIVAC 1100/181

Variable word length machines UNIVAC 1050

Byte machines These machines implemented a variant of the IBM System/360 architecture

UNIVAC 9000 series UNIVAC 9200 UNIVAC 9300 UNIVAC 9400 UNIVAC 9480

Peripherals

Storage FH-432 (Flying Head) drum FH-880 (Flying Head) drum FH-1782 (Flying Head) drum FASTRAND drum drive RANDEX drum drive UNISERVO I tape drive UNISERVO II tape drive UNISERVO IIA tape drive UNISERVO III tape drive UNISERVO IIIC tape drive UNISERVO VI-C tape drive UNISERVO VIII-C tape drive UNISERVO 12 tape drive (1600 BPI) UNISERVO 16 tape drive (1600 BPI) UNISERVO 20 tape drive (1600 BPI) UNISERVO 30-36 tape drives (6250 BPI)(OEM from STK)

Display and print Uniscope

Communication UNIVAC BP - Buffer Processor; used as communications front-end to 418 and 490 UNIVAC CTMC - Communications Terminal Module Controller UNIVAC GCS - General Communications System

Software

Operating systems and system software BOSS III or Business Oriented Systems Supervisor was the operating system for the UNIVAC III EXEC I EXEC II EXEC 8

Utilities, languages, and development aids

Applications USAS

The Sperry Corporation years (1978 to 1986) UNIVAC 1100/2200 series: UNIVAC 1100/60 UNIVAC 1100/70 UNIVAC 1100/80 UNIVAC 1100/90 UNIVAC Integrated Scientific Processor (ISP) UNIVAC Series 90: UNIVAC 90/25 UNIVAC 90/30 UNIVAC 90/40 UNIVAC 90/60 UNIVAC 90/70 UNIVAC 90/80

References

External links

A history of Univac computers and Operating Systems UNIVAC CPU Timeline (1950-1980)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with List of UNIVAC products

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of UNIVAC products claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of UNIVAC products before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of UNIVAC products ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of UNIVAC products

In research: List of UNIVAC products appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of UNIVAC products in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of UNIVAC products is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Computing-related lists, Lists of products, UNIVAC, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of UNIVAC products outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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