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How have the sockets of the Alden plug-in units held up? Mr. House: I have no complaints. They work out fairly well. We have had on occasion some trouble with pins in the base being shorted, but only very rarely, and these can be corrected quickly by merely drilling a hole through the base. C. W. Watt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): What air temperature and humidity are used in the air input? Mr. House: This is completely controlled by the conditions of the room; we keep the control set at 71 degrees and 50 per cent relative humidity. C. T. Schaedel "(Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth Div.) Please explain further your comment concerning technicians and diode failure due to improper handling. You used the words "kill the diode." Mr. House: If a technician is troubleshooting a defective turret on one of these plug-in units, it is quite possible that he may short out something and put an excessive voltage across the diode. On these occasions the diodes are of no use afterwards. M. W. Marcovitz (Burroughs Adding Machine Corp.): What type head is used? Mr. House: It is made by G. E. especially for this computer. Mr. Marcovitz: What is the pulse density on the drum?

Author

Willard G. Bouricius

Publisher

ACM Press

Published

1953

Language

EN